Guided by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt, the people that make up plazaPOPS recognize our collective responsibility to this land: to take only what we need, leave enough for others, and keep the dish clean.

Though our ancestors come from different parts of the world, and our migration varies, our interconnected roots and histories connect us to grounded wisdom, reminding us that every action ripples through seven generations.

We acknowledge that our work takes place on the traditional territory of
many Indigenous nations, most recently the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Anishinaabe – a land that has been stewarded for time immemorial, now known as Tkaronto/Toronto and Ondario/Ontario, where trees stand in
beautiful waters.

We arrive at this work with gifts to share: we are students and teachers, storytellers and translators, creators and facilitators – bringing our unique gifts to bridge knowledge, culture, and truth across cultures, generations, geographies. Our roles interweave: listening, learning, creating, and transforming.