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REImAGINING JUSTICE:

RACE, CANNAbIS & POlICING

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020

1PM — 4:30PM EDT

Marijuana Policy Project is bringing together leading civil rights and cannabis activists for a deeper look at the intersection of systemic racism, cannabis criminalization and policing in America — which have disproportionately impacted Black communities — and to reimagine a new vision for justice.

Speakers

Steven Hawkins

Executive Director,

Marijuana Policy Project

Derrick Johnson

President and CEO,

NAACP

Roland Martin

Host and Managing Editor, Roland Martin Unfiltered

Neill Franklin

Executive Director,

Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP)

Nkechi Taifa

Executive Director,

The Justice Roundtable

Pr. Jamal Bryant

Pastor, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church

Natalie Papillion

Founder & Executive Director, The Equity Organization

Jasmine Rand

Civil Rights Activist, Attorney to the Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown Families

Niambe McIntosh

Executive Director,

Peter Tosh Estate

Mark Thompson

Radio Personality & Host,

"Make It Plain" Podcast

Ericka Pittman

Chief Marketing Officer,

Viola Brands

David Johns

Executive Director, National Black Justice Coalition

Ben Jealous

President, People for

the American Way

Al Harrington

Founder,

Viola Brands

Seth Rogen

Co-Founder,

Houseplant

Evan Goldberg

Co-Founder,

Houseplant

Rachael Rollins

District Attorney,

Suffolk County

Rev. Delman Coates

Senior Pastor,

Mt. Ennon Baptist Church

Schedule

1:00 – 1:05 PM

Welcome

Steven Hawkins

1:05 – 1:10 PM

Opening Remarks

Derrick Johnson

1:15 – 2:00 PM

Cannabis Criminalization and Oppressive Policing in Communities of Color

Neill Franklin

Nkechi Taifa

Pastor Jamal Bryant

Natalie Papillion

Roland Martin (Moderator)

2:05 – 2:50 PM

Weaponizing Cannabis to Justify Deadly Encounters and Victim-Blaming

Jasmine Rand

Niambe McIntosh

Rev. Mark Thompson

David Johns (Moderator)

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Fireside Chat: Reimagining Justice

Ben Jealous

Al Harrington

Steven Hawkins (Moderator)

3:35 – 4:15 PM

Reversing Harm through Legalization, Expungement, Release, Removing Collateral Consequences

Seth Rogen

Evan Goldberg

Ericka Pittman

Rachael Rollins

Rev. Delman Coates

Steven Hawkins (Moderator)

4:15 – 4:30 PM PM

Acknowledgements &

Closing Remarks

Steven Hawkins

Marijuana Policy Project

The Marijuana Policy Project is the nation's largest cannabis policy organization. It has been a leading advocate for federal cannabis policy reforms since its founding in 1995, and it has played a leading role in most major state-level reforms that have occurred over the past two decades.

For more information, visit mpp.org.

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We hope you can join us.

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