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The Minority Cannabis Business Association’s Equity Workshop Tour 2024 Continues to Empower Communities and Foster Inclusion

MCBA Equity Workshop Tour

The Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) is currently in the midst of its highly anticipated Equity Workshop Tour 2024. This tour aims to empower minority entrepreneurs and advocates within the cannabis industry through a series of workshops designed to address the unique challenges they face. MCBA, a leading national nonprofit organization, continues its mission to […]

MCBA Equity Workshop Tour: Elevating an Equitable Cannabis Industry in 25+ Cities

MCBA EWT

I am thrilled to share that The Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) has announced their continued advocacy through their Equity Workshop Tour project to focus on having meaningful discussions with advocates and cannabis industry professionals about equity in the cannabis sector.  Social equity in cannabis is reparative justice for the Black and Brown communities most […]

Oregon Legislative BIPOC Caucus Prioritizes House Bill 4041

Today, Oregon’s Legislative Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Caucus, members of the legislature with a shared mission to advance racial justice initiatives and eliminate systemic oppression and racism in Oregon, announced their top priorities for the 2024 Legislative Session, including support of Oregon HB 4041. This session, the Caucus will focus its efforts on […]

NJ Business Action Center Announces Instructors for Cannabis Training Academy

new jersey cannabis policy

As the cannabis landscape continues to evolve and take shape in the New Jersey market, there are many points to consider with the implementation of new regulations and the newly legalized industry. One of these points is supporting the industry professionals (and industry hopefuls) who were most impacted by the racist criminalization of cannabis. NJ […]

Rescheduling vs. Descheduling Cannabis

Deschedule vs Reschedule cannabis

There has been a lot of discussion at the federal level regarding the rescheduling of cannabis.  Currently, cannabis is a Schedule I substance and is not accepted for medicinal use by America’s federal government.  However, cannabis activists in our country have advocated for decades about the medical properties to cannabis.  The status of cannabis in […]

Economic Justice and Social Equity in Oregon: Support HB 3431

It is imperative that we continue to fight for economic justice for all Oregonians, but especially for those communities who were targeted by the racist criminalization of cannabis in our state for decades.  The Oregon Economic Equity Investment Fund will do exactly that.  During the 2022 short session and under the leadership of (then) Senator […]

Crystal Peoples-Stokes Launches Equity Focused Political Action Committee

Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes

New York, NY – New York communities most impacted by the nation’s deep inequities and resulting stark consequences in education, the environment, and mass incarceration need candidates fighting for them. Community activist and celebrated lawmaker Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes has officially launched a new political action committee to support legislation and progressive candidates committed […]

Portland Begins Recovery Path for a Sustainable Cannabis Industry

Cannabis Emergency Relief Fund

Despite Oregon’s cannabis market being valued at $1 billion in 2021, the industry’s growth has been hampered by the triple uppercut-punch of COVID-19 impacts, record wildfires, and a rise in burglaries, leaving 20,000 full-time cannabis workers and the businesses that employ them without a lifeline. Oregon’s cannabis businesses, primarily locally-owned small businesses, were ineligible to […]

ACHEM Global Health Summit on Cannabis in Sports Advances Health Equity for Athletes

cannabis and athletes

Over 200 athletes, coaches, medical professionals, and sports fans came together virtually on Saturday for the ACHEM Global Health Summit: Athletes and Associations to discuss the integration of cannabis into sports medicine. United by shared values and a common vision of health equity, summit attendees participated in the one-day virtual summit, which provided attendees with […]