We acknowledge that we sit on the traditional land of the First Peoples of Los Angeles and Seattle. The bountiful land of Los Angeles belongs to the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh, and Chumash peoples. The city of Seattle and its greenspaces are on stolen Coast Salish land, specifically the ancestral land of the Duwamish, Suquamish, Stillaguamish, and Muckleshoot People. We honor and pay tribute to all the Nations elders and descendants. We acknowledge that the history of settler colonization involved land dispossession, disease, oppression, slavery, displacement, broken commitments, genocide, and intergenerational trauma. This acknowledgment reflects our responsibility to uphold truth, foster healing, and support reconciliation, as well as to elevate the stories, culture, and community of the original peoples of Los Angeles and Seattle. We cherish the opportunity to live, learn, and work on this ancestral land.