Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (EIN 84-3076078). We are a community-oriented organization run by a small staff of experts and enthusiastic volunteers who work to bring education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines to a wider audience. We promote a bridge between the ceremonial use of sacred plants and psychedelic science and envisage a world where plant medicines and other psychedelics are preserved, protected, and valued as part of our cultural identity and integrated into our social, legal, and health care systems.
Help us to achieve our mission! From our beginnings in 2017, we have stood apart from other psychedelic education and advocacy organizations by pioneering initiatives that support and provide a platform for diverse voices, including women, queer people, people of color, Indigenous people, and the Global South. In efforts to address the lack of diverse representation in the expanding psychedelic landscape, we centered our mission around the empowerment of marginalized voices to foster cultural and political reflections on topics like race, gender, and sexuality in psychedelic science. We believe now more than ever, given the current social and political climate, our work is critical to the future of psychedelic healing for humanity.
Please become a member so that you are able to help Chacruna, yourself, and the world. Support of any amount helps this cause and allows us to provide psychedelic education to anyone who wants to access it.
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024 from 12:00-1:30pm PDT With Joanna Kempner, Tehseen Noorani, and Nicolas Langlitz. This upcoming forum will examine the compelling case of the Clusterbusters, a group of ordinary […]
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Wednesday, December 18th, 2024 from 12:00-1:30pm PST We invite you to join us for an in-depth exploration of the recent Massachusetts ballot campaign and its implications for drug policy reform. […]
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025 from 12:00-1:30pm PST We are delighted to invite you to Chacruna’s first Community Forum of 2025, which will explore the evolving landscape of religious and spiritual […]
Wednesday, January 22th, 2025 from 12:00-1:30pm PST Join us for a critical conversation addressing the pressing issues of racism, implicit bias, and microaggressions within the psychedelic field. This forum brings […]
