Intouch acknowledges that we work on the traditional lands and waters of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations people we work with. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded — not in battle and not in peace. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. As a multicultural organisation, we acknowledge that many of us came to this land seeking safety and opportunity. Yet we recognise that First Peoples still do not experience the safety, justice and equality that others came here to find. First Peoples have been subjected to and continue to be subjected to invasion, dispossession, acts of genocide and injustice — and as migrants and descendants of migrants, we benefit from that injustice. As an organisation working to address family violence and challenge systems of oppression impacting migrant and refugee communities, we recognise that our efforts for justice and safety take place within a broader context of colonisation. We acknowledge that the racism and discrimination experienced by First Peoples is unique, and that the disproportionate representation of family and domestic violence in First Nations communities is a result of destruction of land, culture and community. Our role and responsibility is not to stay silent but to speak truth.