Widerstand Consulting staff reside on the unceded land of the People of Turtle Island (also known as North America), and are scattered from the East to the West across hundreds of miles. The People of Turtle Island continue to steward this land and its waterways since creation. We acknowledge the ongoing history of dispossession, which has sought to disconnect people from the land of their ancestors, and the destruction of the environment that it caused. Our ability to live, work, and enjoy this land is connected to their deep loss. We strive to understand our place within the past, present, and future of this Indigenous land by reflecting on our relationships with the human and other-than-human relatives with whom it is shared. We work to bring the conditions of our Indigenous siblings into the consciousness of those around us as we advocate for a right relationship with them and the land. 


Colonization impacted the People of Turtle Island as well as those who were brought to this land against their will. We honor those people, who were forced from their homelands and enslaved on this land, by working towards equity for their descendants as we also work for equity for our Indigenous relatives.

At its founding, and in the organization’s bylaws, Widerstand Consulting committed to donating at least fifty percent of all net funds raised to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color)-led anti-racism groups. This is a commitment that we continue to uphold and act upon.

Tools for writing a land acknowledgement

We often recommend that an organization think about its history and the land that it occupies, because both impact the organization’s present reality. For us within Widerstand, we are aware of the land we’re on and we think about what that means to us as individuals. In our meetings with clients, Widerstand auditors will often reference the land that they are on, e.g., the unceded land of the Onondaga Nation.


Download our free Land Acknowledgement Tips and Resources Document here.

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