LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We speak this truth with intention and clarity:

We are on stolen land.

Mosaic Movements acknowledges that we are on the ancestral and unceded lands of Indigenous peoples—territories that long predate the colonial borders we now call the United States. We honor the original stewards of this land and offer deep respect to Indigenous elders—past, present, and emerging—whose presence, wisdom, and resistance continue to guide us.

We name the brutal truths: genocide, forced removals, cultural erasure, and the ongoing occupation of Indigenous land. These are not relics of history—they are systems that continue to shape our world, our communities, and the very ground beneath our feet.

As artists, storytellers, and cultural bearers, we hold a deep responsibility to speak historical truths and to use our platforms to support Indigenous sovereignty, cultural survival, and liberation. We reject silence. We reject tokenism. Our work must not replicate erasure—it must disrupt it.

This acknowledgment is not a performance.

It is not a substitution for justice.

It is a call to action.

We ask ourselves and our communities:

How does our work honor the land we stand on?

Whose voices are we amplifying?

What does solidarity look like—beyond the page, beyond the mic, beyond the moment?

Land back is not a metaphor.

Let this acknowledgment live in our choices, our collaborations, our storytelling—and in our commitment to a future where Indigenous justice is not aspirational, but real.

WHO WE ARE

Our History

Mosaic Movements is a Latinx- and Black-led, Indigenous-centered arts and justice organization advancing equity through diasporic storytelling, cultural work, and community-rooted creative practice.

Our story is both new and deeply rooted.

A Legacy of Community Power

Founded in 2007, the Peace Education and Action Center (PEACenter) was created with a mission to build a more just and peaceful community and world. Over nearly two decades, PEACenter became a catalyst for transformative local initiatives—including Transition Sarasota, Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center, WBPV-LP, Suncoast Community Mediation, and the New College Food Bank—demonstrating a long-standing commitment to grassroots leadership, collaboration, and community empowerment across the Gulf Coast.

This legacy laid the groundwork for what would come next.

The Birth of Mosaic Movements

Mosaic Movements was founded in 2021 by Yoleidy Rosario-Hernandez amid escalating attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion; the erasure of cultural knowledge; book bans and censorship; laws silencing educators; rising hostility toward LGBTQ+ communities; and policies targeting immigrants and communities of color.

The urgency only intensified when, in 2024, the state eliminated $32 million in arts and culture funding—making clear what many artists already knew: our stories would not be preserved for us. We would have to protect them ourselves.

Mosaic Movements emerged as a community-rooted arts ecosystem designed to meet this moment—creating space for artists to gather, heal, collaborate, experiment, and share new work across performance, film, visual art, and interdisciplinary storytelling. What began as grassroots, artist-led programming quickly grew into a broader movement for cultural visibility and liberation, becoming a Florida state–recognized nonprofit organization in August 2024.

A Merger Rooted in Shared Values

In 2025, after years of close collaboration and aligned vision, PEACenter formally merged with Mosaic Movements to support the expansion of its arts and cultural mission. Today, we operate as Peace Education and Action Center dba Mosaic Movements, carrying forward PEACenter’s legacy while deepening our shared commitment to justice through arts, culture, and diasporic storytelling. This merger represents continuity—not a departure—grounded in the belief that cultural work is essential to collective liberation.

Our Work Today

Mosaic Movements is a creative home for artists whose narratives are too often marginalized within traditional arts ecosystems. We support artists as more than creators—they are cultural bearers, keepers of memory, and community griots carrying forward ancestral knowledge and lived truth.

Our programming centers three core commitments:

Centering BIPOC and LGBTQ+ voices through the creation, commissioning, production, and presentation of artistic work, including curated exhibitions, installations, theater, live interdisciplinary performances, film, and storytelling.
Providing accessible, low-cost professional development and learning opportunities focused on artistic visibility, sustainability, creative entrepreneurship, and long-term creative practice for artists and youth.
Creating intentional, community-rooted arts-based spaces for connection, healing, mentorship, and cultural affirmation, while fostering collaboration, experimentation, and the exchange of knowledge across disciplines and generations amid Florida’s increasingly hostile sociopolitical climate.

We bring these commitments to life through initiatives including the Creative Nexus Artist Summit, Artist Professional Development Workshops, NextGen Creators youth programming, Casa Caney Monthly Artist Gatherings, emerging Creative Residencies, and Artist Immersion & Exchange initiatives that foster cross-community learning and collaboration.

Looking Forward

Through our merger, our history, and our evolving work, Mosaic Movements continues to expand pathways for artists—especially those from historically marginalized communities—to access resources, build visibility, and share their stories with the audiences and communities who need them most.

No matter the political climate.
No matter the funding tides.

Mosaic Movements remains steadfast in its purpose: to keep our stories alive, to build collective power through culture, and to shape a more just, connected, and imaginative future—together.

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