LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We speak this truth with intention and clarity:

We are on stolen land.

Mosaic Movements acknowledges that we are on the ancestral and unceded lands of Indigenous peoples—territories that long predate the colonial borders we now call the United States. We honor the original stewards of this land and offer deep respect to Indigenous elders—past, present, and emerging—whose presence, wisdom, and resistance continue to guide us.

We name the brutal truths: genocide, forced removals, cultural erasure, and the ongoing occupation of Indigenous land. These are not relics of history—they are systems that continue to shape our world, our communities, and the very ground beneath our feet.

As artists, storytellers, and cultural bearers, we hold a deep responsibility to speak historical truths and to use our platforms to support Indigenous sovereignty, cultural survival, and liberation. We reject silence. We reject tokenism. Our work must not replicate erasure—it must disrupt it.

This acknowledgment is not a performance.

It is not a substitution for justice.

It is a call to action.

We ask ourselves and our communities:

How does our work honor the land we stand on?

Whose voices are we amplifying?

What does solidarity look like—beyond the page, beyond the mic, beyond the moment?

Land back is not a metaphor.

Let this acknowledgment live in our choices, our collaborations, our storytelling—and in our commitment to a future where Indigenous justice is not aspirational, but real.

WHO WE ARE

Mosaic Movements is a Latinx- and Black-led, Indigenous-centered arts and justice organization founded in 2021 by Yoleidy Rosario-Hernandez. It was born out of urgency—amid escalating attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion; the erasure of cultural knowledge; the banning and rewriting of books; laws that silence educators; efforts to distort or erase the histories of communities of color; rising violence and hostility toward LGBTQ+ people; and policies targeting immigrant communities.

When the state cut all $32 million in arts and culture grants in 2024, it made clear what we already knew: the stories of our people will not be preserved for us. We must protect them ourselves.

We exist to keep those stories alive—to ensure justice, cultural memory, and community transformation remain in our hands. Our work supports artists who are more than creators—they are cultural bearers, keepers of truth, and community griots carrying forward the voices of our ancestors.

Through storytelling, performance, education, and cultural organizing, we reclaim narratives, affirm identities, and build collective power. We create spaces where BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists can lead, where our histories are honored, and where our communities can imagine and shape a future grounded in equity and belonging.

No matter the political climate, no matter the funding tides, Mosaic Movements remains steadfast: we will keep creating, organizing, and amplifying the voices that refuse to be erased.

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