BCEI to Host Discussion About Cannabis Legalization and Social Equity in New Jersey
Feb 16, 2021
Join the Black Cannabis Equity Initiative for a critical community conversation about cannabis legalization in New Jersey.
Black History and Cannabis Social Equity in the Garden State
Date: Friday, February 19, 2021
Time: 3 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. ET
Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84907660983?pwd=elNmcWVEYXZFQ0VXdHU0Z3pEell3QT09
Meeting ID: 849 0766 0983
Passcode: 005434
AGENDA
- 3:00PM WELCOME | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | SPONSOR RECOGNITION | MODERATOR
- John Bailey, Convener, Black Cannabis Equity Initiative
- 3:05pm - BCEI BLACK HISTORY MONTH SOCIAL EQUITY PRESENTATION ON "BLACK HISTORY & SOCIAL EQUITY"
- Dr. Sharon Brown Bailey, Anthropologist, Educator & Social Equity Expert and Researcher
- 3:20pm - BCEI FIRESIDE CHAT
- NJ State Senator Honorable Nicholas Scutari
- 3:35pm - BCEI FIRESIDE CHAT
- Capital City Area Black Caucus Members
- Honorable Jeannine Larue, NJ Lobbyist & CCABC Founder
- Honorable Mercer County Commissioner Sam Frisby & CCABC Founder
- Tracey Syphax, Member, CTF DEI Task Force and CEO, The Phax Group & CCABC Founder
- John Harmon, Founder, CEO & President, African American Chamber of Commerce of NJ, and Member, US Chamber of Commerce Inequality of Opportunity Initiative & CCABC Founder
- 3:50pm - SOCIAL EQUITY DISCUSSION WITH NJ MAYORS & STATE LEGISLATORS
- Honorable NJ Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker
- Honorable NJ Assemblyman Jamel Holley
- Honorable Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora
- Honorable Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh
- 4:10pm - SOCIAL EQUITY DISCUSSION BLACK COMMUNITY LEADERS
- Rev. Charles Boyer, Pastor Bethel AME Church & Founder, Salvation and Social Justice
- Ed "NJ Weedman" Forchion, NJ Cannabis Legalization Advocate
- Todd Edwards, Chair, NJ NAACP, PoliticalAction Committee
- Amol Sinha, Director, American Civil Liberties Union-NJ(ACLU)
- 4:30pm - SOCIAL EQUITY DISCUSSION WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS
- Ed Devaux, President, NJ CannaBusiness Association
- Faye Coloeman, CEO Pure Genesis
- Tahir Johnson, Business Development & DEI Manager, National Cannabis Industry Association
- Darius Kemp, Head of Equity & Community Change, Eaze
- 4:50pm - SOCIAL EQUITY DISCUSSION WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADVOCATES
- Ken Wolski, Executive Director, Coalition For Medical Marijuana-NJ
- Dr. David Nathan, Founder & Board President, Doctors for Cannabis Regulation
- Edward "Lefty" Grimes, NJ Medical Marijuana Advocate, Sativa Cross
- 5:10pm - CLOSING REMARKS
- John Bailey, Convener, Black Cannabis Equity Initiative
MEETING LINK:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84907660983?pwd=elNmcWVEYXZFQ0VXdHU0Z3pEell3QT09
Meeting ID: 849 0766 0983
Passcode: 005434
SPONSORS:
- Capital City Area Black Caucus
- NJ Cannabusiness Association
- NJ NAACP
- Columbia Care - New Jersey
- Pure Genesis
- Eaze
- African American Chamber of Commerce of NJ
- NATIONAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
- Doctors for Cannabis Regulation
- ACLU NJ
- Coalition for Medical Marijuana - NJ
- Minorities for Medical Marijuana
- Sativa Cross
- Vicente Sederberg LLP