Riverstyx Foundation

05/16/2024

So proud of Magali Brecke and her team at PPA (Psychedelics and Pain Association) for advancing this pioneering work to help the suffering of so many.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/5/15/24156372/psychedelics-chronic-pain-cluster-headache-medicine-lsd-psilocybin

https://psychedelicsandpain.org

Decades of citizen science are finally translating into clinical trials for psychedelic pain treatments.

01/16/2021

Riverstyx is hiring for two executive/program assistants!
(Santa Cruz & West Sonoma, CA)
These positions are pivotal to the working of the foundation, supporting Miriam, Cody, and all of our grantees and administrative functioning. They are dynamic roles with lots of diverse opportunity for engagement and growth, moving our work forward with over 50 different projects in indigenous medicine conservation, psychedelic research, and bio-cultural innovation. We are looking for high integrity individuals who are committed to healing and social justice.
We need someone as soon as possible who will work directly with Miriam and lives near, or can relocate to West Sonoma County. We need someone who can begin in March to work directly with Cody and lives near, or can relocate to Santa Cruz area.
We are looking to pay $48K - 60K annually for 30hours/week, provide health/dental insurance coverage, vacation time, and opportunity for substantive personal and professional development. Please share this in your networks, and for anyone interested please contact us [email protected]. Thank you!

11/28/2020

Youth need access to land, learning, and community connection to conserve Indigenous Medicine and land today and tomorrow. Learn more about reconnecting the next generation to the land through the Children’s Harvest & donate to IPCI at bit.ly/giveipci

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11/26/2020

Indigenous connection to land must be honored this Thanksgiving. Support Indigenous Sovereignty and conserve Pe**te Plant Medicine Ways.

Every dollar you give now through Thanksgiving will be matched by a generous donor, DOUBLING your support for IPCI!

https://chuffed.org/project/ipci

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11/23/2020

Giving thanks this Thanksgiving? Don't forget to thank Indigenous Peoples! Support Indigenous sovereignty by supporting IPCI. IPCI is an ecological and cultural harvest that strengthens Indigenous sovereignty and Medicine pathways, for all Pe**te Peoples across the Americas.

Every dollar you give now through Thanksgiving will be matched by a generous donor, DOUBLING your support for IPCI!

https://chuffed.org/project/ipci

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Indigenous Pe**te Conservation Initiative

10/12/2020

Please join our close friend and partner, Sandor IronRope in celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day tomorrow on Instagram Live.

If you're looking for a way to support Indigenous sovereignty please donate to the Indigenous Pe**te Conservation Initiative: https://chuffed.org/project/ipci?fbclid=IwAR2NoMPQnf0PgVuoFlD1CK9jLM2-3-g-XrBOPGffXjX__UqmFFQP9xIKg5U #/supporters

Join us Monday, October 12th at 3pm PST for Indigenous Peoples’ Day with IPCI BOD member Sandor Iron Rope. Sandor will be going LIVE and sharing what it means to be Indigenous and to jointly steward land with 45 other indigenous tribes through the Indigenous Pe**te Conservation Initiative.

09/24/2020

Friends, please consider a donation to the Indigenous Pe**te Conservation Initiative, Riverstyx’s deepest endeavor to date. We are positioned to make significant impact on the conservation of sacred Pe**te and the re-empowerment of indigenous peoples with their land and medicine. We are totally committed with our partners Dr. Bronners; but because of stigma and ignorance, less than .05% of philanthropic funding goes to support Native American people, often to Christian orgs and Universities, and not directly to the people. Unlike other projects, this is truly one that will not happen without the support of unique donors who understand the preciousness and power of these medicines and first cultures of North America. Please join us.

400,000 Native people in the US, Mexico, and Canada rely on Pe**te for wellbeing and cultural survival. IPCI is the most comprehensive effort to save Pe**te, which could could be extinct in 10 years

08/10/2020

https://www.centerforoptimalliving.com/summerevents2020/harm-reduction This seems helpful.

Co-Sponsored By : Zendo Project Curated By: Juliana Mulligan Panelists: Gabriel Amezcua, Mohawk Greene, Lisa Wessing *The time duration is Eastern Time. The panel will be via Zoom This panel moderated by Sara Gael Giron will investigate the methods and possibilities of making at home psych

03/24/2020

RiverStyx joins Fantastic Fungi Day on March 26th!

Our Friends, Louie and Paul are hosting a virtual, global screening of Fantastic Fungi, where we can all join in the Magical Mycelium Network from the comfort and safety of our own homes.

"The messages of this film could not be any timelier, from the need to reconnect and understand the intelligence of nature, to partnering with fungi and our natural world to shift our consciousness. How prepared are we to face the pressing issues we have in our world?"

"We are facing a serious challenge, yet like the mycelium network we are adaptable."

Fantastic Fungi Day is THURSDAY! Over 70 countries around the world, THOUSANDS of people will be watching the film with their families at home, and then will join Mycologist PAUL STAMETS, Director LOUIE SCHWARTZBERG, and dear friends from around the globe for FREE Q&As throughout the day. FEEL THE CONNECTION OF THE MYCELIUM NETWORK IN ACTION.

SPREAD THE WORD: https://fantasticfungi.com/CONNECT

10/15/2019

We are thrilled to announce the U.S. debut of our close friend and collegue Robin Siobhan McKenna's powerful and transformative film, GIFT. We are proud funders of this film and are excited to share it's inspiration with the world.

"Inspired by Lewis Hyde’s beloved classic The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, GIFT is a richly cinematic film, interweaving character‐driven stories. On North America's Pacific Northwest Coast, a young Indigenous artist and carver undertakes the elaborate preparations for a potlatch - to make a name for himself by giving everything away. In Rome, Italy, a factory occupied by migrant families is transformed into a living museum, protected by a barricade of art : a model of resistance, and an invaluable gift. In the pirate utopia of Burning Man, a mutant bumblebee art car distributes honey in a post-­apocalyptic desert landscape. Meanwhile, in Auckland, New Zealand, artist Lee Mingwei prepares to launch Sonic Blossom - a “transformative gift” of song.

GIFT is a tribute to something that can’t be measured or counted, bought or sold. Exploring the parallels between artists’ work and a gift economy, it’s a reflection on the creative process, the reasons we “labour in service of our gifts”, and a celebration of the imagination."

THEATRICAL RELEASE SCHEDULE

OPENS IN PORTLAND ON FRIDAY, OCT 18
Regal Fox Tower
846 SW Park Ave, Portland OR 97205

OPENS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA (MULTIPLE VENUES) ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinema
501 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102
&
Smith Rafael Film Center
1118 4th Street, San Rafael, CA 94901
&
Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas
2230 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704

NOTE: SPECIAL SCREENING WED, OCTOBER 16 WITH ROBIN MCKENNA & AUTHOR LEWIS HYDE
Landmark's Clay Theater
2261 Fillmore St, San Francisco CA 94115

OPENS IN BOSTON ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Q & A WITH AUTHOR LEWIS HYDE, FRIDAY NOV 1st
Landmark's Kendall Square Cinema
1 Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02139

OPENS IN DENVER ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Landmark's Chez Artiste Theatre
4150 E Amherst Avenue, Denver, CO 80222

OPENS IN WASHINGTON, DC ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Landmark's E Street Cinema
555 11th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20004

OPENS IN SANTA FE ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1
Center for Contemporary Arts
1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505

OPENS IN YORK, PA ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Small Star Arthouse
232 West Market Street, York, PA 17401

OPENS IN MINNEAPOLIS ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Landmark's Lagoon Cinema
1320 Lagoon Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55408

Dozens More Markets Nationwide / Other Theatres here: http://www.giftitforwardproject.com/the-film/screenings/

MORE INFORMATION / CONNECT WITH THE FILM:

Official Website: http://www.giftitforwardproject.com/the-film/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GIFTdocumentary/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giftdocumentary/

GIFT is a tribute to something that can’t be measured or counted, bought or sold. Exploring the pa

09/29/2019

We hope you'll join us this Friday at the Rio Theatre to celebrate Fantastic Fungi, a film dear to our hearts and one we are proud funders of, created by many of our wonderful friends including the talented director Louis Shwartzberg, mycologist extraordinaire Paul Stamets, the brilliant Michael Pollan, and celebrated JHU psilocybin study guide, Mary Cosimano.

https://fantasticfungi.com/santa-cruz

Hope to see you there!