The individuals we will feature in the course of this series may have experienced discrimination based on their race, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, national origin, religion, disability, or family medical history. Or they may have been retaliated against for trying to prevent discrimination at their company. Or they may have been standing up for a colleague or a group of individuals who couldn't stand up for themselves.

Regardless, EEOC is there to help, and while we often report on our work in numbers, behind those numbers are real people whose stories illustrate the damage wrought by discrimination and the desire we all share to be treated equally.