This #MatriarchMonday, we spotlight 2025 Our Sisters Are Sacred Fund grantee, Zunneh-bah Jim! This project empowers families to navigate legal systems, raise awareness, demand justice & care for eachother. It combats the #MMIWG2S crisis by providing direct assistance & advocacy training for healing.
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Today we recognize the wage gap between Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander women, & white non-Hispanic men. AANHPI women earn about 83¢ to every $1. This #AANHPIEqualPay day, we need leaders to support our communities & help us achieve equitable wages. napawf.org/wp-content/u...
THANK YOU for six years of R2HF! Native Women are at the foundation of strong Native communities, & we must provide the necessary support to amplify their voices, ideas & projects to help create a better world. To join us in our mission, DONATE NOW: secure.actblue.com/donate/siste...
#NativeWomen
It's #EqualPayDay! Even today, women from all backgrounds in the United States continue to face pay discrimination. The wage gap is even more for women of color. Join us in urging the EEOC to not rescind the EEO-1 and related data collections. Learn more from www.equalpay2day.org
#WageGap
This #WomensHistoryMonth, join us in #FundingJustice to fight the #MMIWG2S crisis! We fund Native Women-led projects/programs, through R2HF's Our Sisters Are Sacred Grant Fund, that work to directly spread awareness and seek justice for the MMIW/G2S crisis. Donate now: return2heart.org
This #WarriorWomenWednesday, we spotlight 2025 Our Sisters Are Sacred Fund grantee, Melissa Spence! The project MMIWarriors, by Indigenous Vision, works to offer self defense workshops & retreats/camps for free across all Tribes to bring together community members who are facing the #MMIWG2S crisis.
This #WomensHistoryMonth, R2HF is helping to #StopTheStigma of periods! Sign the pledge: thepadproject.org/pledge/ Donate: text STOPSTIGMA26 to 71-777
Help to:
❤️Champion menstrual equity & access
🏫Advocate for free products in school/workplace bathrooms
🎙️Have open conversations & end period stigma
This #WarriorWomenWednesday, we spotlight 2025 Our Sisters Are Sacred Fund grantee, Kristin Welch! By strengthening community capacity, honoring cultural knowledge & building networks of care, this project works to break systemic barriers, uplift families & create lasting change rooted in healing.
Happy International Women’s Day! Native Women have played a huge role in fighting for women’s rights. Thank you to all the inspiring matriarchs lending their hands and voices to help heal and uplift Indian country, including all our inspiring grantees!
#InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth
Join us in celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth, our achievements, leadership, innovation & much more! Throughout history, women continue to shape the world for the better - and we are here to put a spotlight on Indigenous Women! Visit www.return2heart.org to support Native Women now!
#IndigenousWomen
On this #WarriorWomenWednesday, we announce our new 2025-2026 Traditional Helpers & Healers Grant recipients! We have awarded 37 Indigenous Women with this micro grant to support their unique projects that serve their communities across Indian country. Congrats to the recipients!
#IndigenousWomen
This #WarriorWomenWednesday, we spotlight 2025 Our Sisters Are Sacred Fund grantee, Dr. Julie Zahn! Through workshops, survivor support & a visible presence in the community, the project honors Indigenous traditions while advocating for justice & safety.
#MMIW #MMIWG2S #MMIWR #NoMoreStolenSisters
It’s #BlackHistoryMonth! We celebrate the achievements of Black Americans & their significant role in shaping U.S. history. As Indigenous Women, we rise up & stand in solidarity in the fight for justice, equality & protecting Black lives. We must continue in this ongoing fight for our relatives.
Check out our January 2026 newsletter! In this first 2026 edition, we discuss Human Trafficking Prevention & Awareness Month & how this crisis disproportionately affects Native Peoples. We also talk about Native Women's resources & more! Read here: us2.campaign-archive.com?u=95d49b8260...
#MMIWR
This #WarriorWomenWednesday, we spotlight 2025 Our Sisters Are Sacred Fund grantee, Lita Pepion! Warrior Women for Justice (WW4J) works to educate people on the existence of this crisis & address the root causes. WW4J also promotes safety & healing in all initiatives.
#MMIWG2S #NoMoreStolenSisters
January is Human Trafficking Prevention & Awareness Month. We must continue to push this crisis into the spotlight, as our relatives, the Mothers, Sisters, Daughters and more have been taken from us without warning and without action.
#HumanTraffickingPreventionMonth #MMIWG2S #NoMoreStolenSisters
This #WarriorWomenWednesday, we spotlight 2025 Our Sisters Are Sacred Fund grantee, Dr. Christina Castro. On May 4th, 2025, an #MMIWR awareness event was hosted in the O’ga P’ogeh/Santa Fe plaza in New Mexico. Impacted families & the community came together to honor the lives of their loved ones.
Today, we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy in the civil rights movement! His words still ring true today. Did you know Dr. King also advocated for the rights of Native Americans, discussing the origins of racism in the U.S. in his book, “Why We Can’t Wait?”
#MLKDay #MartinLutherKingJr
As we reflect on 2025, we are filled with profound gratitude for the sisters, relatives & allies who stood with Return to the Heart Foundation this year. Donate now: secure.actblue.com/donate/siste.... Thank you for walking with us. We look forward to continuing this work together in 2026 & beyond.
Check out our December 2025 newsletter! In this final 2025 edition, we reflect on this past year & look forward to the #NewYear in supporting Native Women! We also spotlight an R2HF's Our Sisters Are Sacred Fund grantee & discuss this year's Heart2Heart livestream series: mailchi.mp/return2heart...
Wishing you Happy Holidays from the R2HF team! We hope you are resting and rejuvenating for the new year ahead. See you in 2026!
#WinterSolstice #SupportNativeWomen #HappyHolidays #IndigenousWomen
Happy Winter Solstice from R2HF! We hope you take this time to rest, reflect and recenter for the new year ahead.
#WinterSolstice
This #MatriarchMonday, we spotlight 2025 Our Sisters Are Sacred Fund grantee, Amanda Erickson. Against all odds, this documentary shares a story of love, spirit & the unwavering power of Indigenous women & allies who refuse to let their loved ones be forgotten.
#OurSistersAreSacred #MMIWR #MMIWG2S
Thanks for joining us each week during #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth for our 2025 Heart2Heart Series, in partnership with @callingallcrows! We interviewed fierce #NativeWomen who bring help & healing to Indian country through diverse projects & programs! Missed an episode? Watch here: buff.ly/j0NCxj3
This #GivingTuesday, donate to R2HF to help Native Women leaders build power through their groundbreaking projects that serve Indian country. If you invest in Native women, you strengthen Native communities for generations to come! Give now: secure.actblue.com/donate/siste...
#GiveNative
Join us & Calling All Crows for our final #WarriorWomenWednesday Heart2Heart livestream on December 3, 2025, at 12pm PST on Facebook in celebration of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! This series spotlights fierce Native Women leaders & healers. Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/Return2Heart
#NAHM
Check out our November 2025 newsletter! In this edition, we talk about Truthsgiving, Native American Heritage Day and more! Read now: mailchi.mp/eb64bd69af29...
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NAHM #Truthsgiving #Thankstaking
Native American Heritage Day was proclaimed as the day after Thanksgiving since 2009, when Obama signed the #NativeAmericanHeritageDay Resolution... but we've been celebrating since time immemorial! Support R2HF NOW to uplift Native voices, ideas, movements & more: secure.actblue.com/donate/siste...
Decolonize Thanksgiving by spreading “Truthsgiving," to help teach its true history & acknowledge the atrocities of this colonial holiday. The truth cannot be hidden, erased nor ignored. Thank you to Sikowis N. for sharing more with us about the #Truthsgiving movement.
#Thanksgiving #Thankstaking
Join us TOMORROW for a conversation with Sikowis Nobiss (Plains Cree & Saulteaux), who coined the term, "Truthsgiving," on Facebook live at 12pm PST. Thank you to Sikowis for establishing this term, spreading awareness about this movement and organizing this resistance: www.facebook.com/return2heart