LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
From the sky to the earth to the water, we acknowledge and recognize all of the living beings that we share this home with, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
We acknowledge the Lenape communities that have lived here for thousands of years.
We recognize that they continue to live here and that their homes are still here.
We acknowledge the many different communities of the Lenape. Those near to us and those who have been displaced far away. Those who were forced to assimilate and those who have been destroyed. Those who are recognized and those who are not recognized.
We are all neighbors today and tomorrow. We extend ourselves with respect and compassion for our journey on these lands together, from the north, the south, the east, the west, we walk the path of a shared home with friendship.
We acknowledge that as many of our Lenape neighbors relearn their ancestral ways, we can work with them to preserve their language and their stories, and make space for all of us neighbors to learn more about one another.
