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News & Reflections

Explore the latest updates from our team and movement partners.

Explore the latest updates from our team and movement partners.

The Ohlone Have Never Forgotten, and We Are Remembering

Alta Starr has had many lifetimes and walks with easy wisdom. These days, she is a playful poet, thorough writer, deep collaborative thinker, and tarot oracle.

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Update from the Executive Director

Happy New Year Hidden Leaf Community,  As we enter 2024, Hidden Leaf is beginning the new year with clarity, intention, and continued commitment to supporting our grant partners and amplifying their…

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For Real Climate Justice, Philanthropy Must Support the Frontlines, Fund Early and Fund Big

I write this from California, still in a record drought and paradoxically receiving enormous rain — floods and blizzards in places that have rarely, if ever, experienced such weather. And to add to…

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Giving Shuumi

Hidden Leaf believes philanthropy has a significant role to play in bringing capital into alignment with sacred values and in supporting the return of Indigenous land. This is why the Foundation acknowledges the history of the land we operate on by paying Shuumi Land Tax, an annual contribution in support of the Lisjan Ohlone through the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust. Giving Shuumi is an opportunity to deepen our practice of repairing, restoring, and relationship building for a more loving and liberated future.
Learn more about how you can join us and give Shuumi