Making Cannabis Cooperative: Community ownership and racial justice in the cannabis industry

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Date: Tuesday October 22, 2024 
Time: 3pm Pacific / 4pm Mountain / 5pm Central / 6pm Eastern | 90 min
Language:
This webinar will be offered in English / Este webinar será facilitado en inglés
Cost: Free / Gratis

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About the webinar 

The legal cannabis industry is new and fertile ground for cooperative organizing, with huge opportunities and challenges. At this event, founders and worker-members from across the country will discuss their cooperative-building projects to create community-based and economically-just cannabis markets at local and statewide levels. Come learn about our vision, how we’re coordinating across states to achieve it, and how you can support.

 

About the presenters 

Shawn Cherry is co-owner operator of Cherry Valley Farms, co-founder of the Salmon Creek Legacy Farms cooperative, and a worker-owner at Cooperative Agriculture Network.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Tavian Crosland is co-founder of Restorative Justice Cooperative, a for-profit organization advancing systems change through cooperative economics models in cannabis. With over 20 years of experience in the cannabis legacy market, Tavian has a deep understanding of systems underlying the legacy (pre-legalization) and now, the legal cannabis industry. He has distributed both wholesale and retail marijuana, as well as constructed and operated two grow facilities in Colorado.

Emma Karnes is a union organizer with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union Local 328. Previously, she worked with cannabis growers in Northern California working to cooperatize their supply chains through the Cooperative Agricultural Network, and has supported democratic governance design with the large dairy cooperative Organic Valley.

Savina Monet is a graphic designer and collage artist who began their career in Oregon’s emerging adult-use cannabis market. With a passion for creative expression and advocacy, they have expanded their portfolio to serve a diverse range of cannabis clients across the United States. Their unique artwork has become a platform for activism, supporting initiatives like Cannaclusive's Accountability List and the Divest PPB campaign, which seeks to redirect cannabis tax dollars from the Portland Police Bureau to community organizations that bolster the cannabis industry. As the co-founder and Executive Director of the Cannabis Workers Coalition, Savina Monet played a key role in empowering cannabis workers by educating them on their rights and guiding them in taking collective action against employers.

David-Allen "Bear" Sumner Sr. has been an advocate in the city of Providence for the past 30 years. At present time, he is an organizer with Break the Cycle Cooperative Hub and Freyo Mind Flowers Cooperative. Mr. Sumner is also a part of the Rhode Island Cannabis Justice Coalition and serves on the Board of the Rhode Island Black Business Association.

 


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When
October 22nd, 2024 from  3:00 PM to  4:30 PM
Donation
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