The New, Improved Marijuana Reform Coalition
Year
2011 - Los Angeles, CA
Speakers
Facilitator: Stephen Gutwillig, State Director, California, Drug Policy Alliance, Los Angeles, CA
Larry Bedard, Delegate, California Medical Association, Sausalito, CA
LaResse Harvey, Policy Director, A Better Way Foundation, Hartford, CT
Kassandra Frederique, Policy Associate, New York, Drug Policy Alliance, New York, NY
Antonio Gonzalez, President, William C. Velasquez Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Alice Huffman, President, California NAACP, Sacramento, CA
Kyndra Miller, NORML Women’s Alliance, San Francisco, CA
Dan Rush, Director, Medical Cannabis and Hemp Division, UFCW International Union, San Francisco, CA
Last year’s groundbreaking Proposition 19 campaign in California forged a remarkable coalition as long-time marijuana law reformers joined with mainstream civil rights organizations, major trade unions, parent activists and other relatively new allies. Legalization campaigns across the country are breaking new ground and expanding the coalition even further. What will it take to build greater support from new and existing allies?