Well, a while back, I joined the Diversity team at work, despite my misgivings, and sad as I am to say this, It's been a wonderful experience and has whittled away a bit of my cynicism. 10/10 would reccomend.
This is why you need an open mind going into things. I didn't expect much. In fact, I expected it all to be BS, but I gave it a chance, and went in to see for myself. Folks, I've changed my mind.