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