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Career & Opportunity Session Event What's Happening

Attend our first Career & Opportunities session of the year!

We are excited to share about an exclusive program for canna-preneurs, and the first Career & Opportunities session of the year !

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Inside one woman’s effort to normalize marijuana in homes and get equity ‘baked into the laws’ | NBC News

She co-founded a nonprofit called Equitable Opportunities Now to push equitable applications of existing laws and new ones. This year, the nonprofit and local activists organized a boycott and social media campaign against members of the Commonwealth Dispensary Association — a trade group representing brick-and-mortar companies — to defend a regulation aimed at bringing historically underrepresented minorities into the industry.

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New Year, Stepping into it with Gratitude.🍃

In 2021, with your support, we informed regulators and elected officials about pressing issues facing current/prospective Social Equity program participants; we created a platform for community members to align with open job positions in the Massachusetts cannabis industry, and mentored individuals on the path to becoming leaders and business owners in the industry.

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See you soon for more opportunities!🎁

Thank you for joining us recently to contact the Joint Committee on Cannabis in Massachusetts. We continue to encourage outreach to our elected officials to keep them informed and aware that we are asking for policies that protect equitable opportunities. Join us VIRTUALLY, this Wednesday December 8 for a session about opportunities in the Massachusetts […]

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Week of Action for Social Equity

“If Massachusetts wants to ensure that it protects consumers from predatory business practices, fosters a competitive environment for small businesses, and roots out corruption, then it has to be more proactive in passing regulatory measures that allow the market to grow responsibly.” -The Editorial Board, Boston Globe

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Cannabis Social Equity Fund Municipal Licensing Equity Policy State Legislation What's Happening

Take Action for Social Equity in Massachusetts

Voters passed Question 4 with the promise of equitable pathways into the cannabis industry and community reinvestment into the communities most harmed by the war on drugs. Nearly six years later, we’re on the cusp of securing a major victory that will bring significant reinvestment of cannabis revenue into Black- and brown-owned businesses through a […]

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Career & Opportunity Session Event What's Happening

See you at our Career & Opportunity Session on Wednesday, November 10 @ 6 p.m. EST📓

Please note that we are hosting an online session on WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 10 @6PM EST discussing current job opportunities in the Massachusetts Cannabis industry.

Some positions include…

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This cannabis CEO invented an ‘Easy Bake’ device for homemade edibles | TimeOut

“There’s no other industry that is so intrinsically connected to the criminalization of Black and Brown people,” Lindsay says. “… If there’s not equity baked into cannabis, what hope is there left for any kind of justice when it comes to the unfair treatment of people of color in America?”

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Shanel Lindsay: Advocate for change in the cannabis industry | The Spokesman-Review

In 2014, when medical marijuana was legalized in Massachusetts, Lindsay started her own law practice. In 2015 she started Ardent, and Equitable Opportunities Now, or EON, a non-profit that fights to preserve equity provisions in cannabis laws to create equal opportunities for businesses and those seeking cannabis licenses.

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Career & Opportunity Session Event What's Happening

📲 See you this evening at our virtual career session!

If you’ve been considering a job in the cannabis industry, please consider attending this virtual session…