Land Acknowledgments are efforts made to name who originated from the land we are currently on, and to respect Indigenous belonging and history. These are developed from Itzel Calvo Medina in their piece “A STUDENT GUIDE FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZING.”

St. Paul
We would like to offer a Land Acknowledgment. Vivacity Headquarters (HQ) sits on the traditional territory of the Cree and Métis peoples, as well as the Sioux, Crows, and Blackfeet peoples who were scattered throughout the Northern Plains. By offering this land acknowledgment we affirm Indigenous sovereignty and would like to commit to holding the Twin Cities, the city of St. Paul and Minneapolis, as well as the state of Minnesota more accountable to the demands of American Indians, Native Americans, and Indigenous People. We must remain critical of the kind of relationship we have with the land. While recognizing the importance of renaming buildings that were named after colonizers, supporting Indigenous activists and organizations, and offering land acknowledgments, we must also sit with knowing that this is not enough. We must educate ourselves on the original people of this land and offer our support in the actions we take.

Chicago
We would like to offer a Land Acknowledgment. Vivacity in Chicago sits on the traditional territory of Peoria, Bodwéwadmi (Potawatomi), Myaamia, Kaskaskia, Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo) peoples. By offering this land acknowledgment we affirm Indigenous sovereignty and would like to commit to holding Chicago, as well as the state of Illinois more accountable to the demands of American Indians, Native Americans, and Indigenous People. We must remain critical of the kind of relationship we have with the land. While recognizing the importance of renaming buildings that were named after colonizers, supporting Indigenous activists and organizations, and offering land acknowledgments, we must also sit with knowing that this is not enough. We must educate ourselves on the original people of this land and offer our support in the actions we take.

Greenville
We would like to offer a Land Acknowledgment. Vivacity in Greenville (GVL) sits on the traditional territory of Yuchi, Miccosukee, Catawba, Cherokee, and Sugaree peoples. In addition, the people of the Cherokee, Catawba, Pee Dee, Chicora, Edisto, Santee, Yamassee, and Chicora-Waccamaw tribes are all still present in South Carolina today. By offering this land acknowledgment we affirm Indigenous sovereignty and would like to commit to holding Greenville, as well as the state of South Carolina more accountable to the demands of American Indians, Native Americans, and Indigenous People. We must remain critical of the kind of relationship we have with the land. While recognizing the importance of renaming buildings that were named after colonizers, supporting Indigenous activists and organizations, and offering land acknowledgments, we must also sit with knowing that this is not enough. We must educate ourselves on the original people of this land and offer our support in the actions we take.