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Minority Cannabis Business Association with Tiffany Bowden. Entrepreneur, Business Consultant, and Corporate Diversity Expert, Tiffany Bowden is the founding President and Co-Founder of the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) and Co-Owner of Comfy Tree Enterprises. The MCBA is the first non-profit dedicated to the needs of minorities in the cannabis industry. Comfy Tree Enterprises provides business consultation to cannabis enthusiasts, start-up’s and established companies. Honing her entrepreneurial savvy in the corporate arena, Ms. Bowden built a solid reputation as a go-to expert in investor building, grant writing, and contract to bid. During her corporate tenure, Ms. Bowden brought in profits of over 500 Million dollars. She has led business development projects in top companies such as Procter & Gamble, Groupon, Barefoot Proximity, and Arnold Worldwide. An advocate for medical cannabis, Ms. Bowden gained the first-hand experience during a spinal injury of its importance. Using personal experiences as a platform for advocacy, she fights to ensure access to improved quality of life via medical cannabis. Having built a network of over 50,000 cannabis entrepreneurs, many who are women, and minority, Ms. Bowden provides management consulting to entrepreneurs applying for, starting, and managing cannabis businesses. Currently a Ph.D. candidate in Communications and Diversity and Inclusion, Ms. Bowden has a master’s specialization in Human Resources, Sales, Training, and instruction. She is a highly sought speaker on issues of cannabis growing, cultivation, and marketing and branding.

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While making Detroit her home base, Jessica travels all over the United States to document Top 40 concerts as well as notable events like the High Times Cannabis Cup, Breakaway Music Festival, Chicago Open Air, and most prominently The Forbes Under 30 Summit. Her heavy involvement in the live entertainment space has allowed her the opportunity to interview and photograph some of the top names in music including Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Keith Urban, Quavo, Wu-Tang Clan, Thirty Seconds to Mars, The Chainsmokers, Snoop Dogg and more. Most recently, Jessica launched her very own music publication Life Beyond The Music which has quickly grown in virality. Jessica Golich has been featured in Medium and was recently interviewed by High Times Magazine in which she discusses her journey as an entrepreneur and launching Life Beyond The Music.

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Clergy for a New Drug Policy with The Rev. Alexander E. Sharp. Sharp has been working on criminal justice issues for 15 years. He served as the founding executive director of Protestants for the Common Good from 1996 through June 2012. He and colleague Walter Boyd joined the early efforts in Illinois to provide a second chance for those seeking to rebuild their lives after prison. They were struck by how many individuals, predominantly African American and Hispanic, were incarcerated for low-level drug offenses.

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The Civil Survival Project organizes directly impacted people and invests in a leadership capacity to advocate for criminal justice reform. The criminal justice and reentry system are failing us so Civil Survival organizes people and empowers them to get active in creating real change. Their mission is to Educate, Motivate, and Liberate. That's what Civil Survival is all about. Civil Survival teaches participants how to use their collective voice to create policy change that promotes liberty and justice for all. A lot of the Civil Survival participants have served time for mistakes they've made but not one of them was sentenced to a lifetime of unemployment, homelessness, and a mountain of debt.

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Cannabis for Veterans with Joshua Linney. Joshua is a Florida native, born 1975, in Manatee County where he still resides. He served in the US Army during Operation Vigilant Warrior, and as a result, now advocates with Veterans For Cannabis for legal access to medical cannabis, which he used to end his pharmaceutical dependence and now manages his conditions with. Joshua is currently the Director of Web Development and Fundraising with the VFC Foundation. He also oversees Operation CannHeal outreach to bring medical cannabis access to Florida Veterans to help restore the quality of life and purpose as a way to reduce suicides and accidental prescription overdoses. Other VFCF programs include education, certifications and career training for Veteran entrepreneurship in the cannabis industry, like the VFCUSA product line and other business ownership opportunities.

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Fight For Your Right To Get Better with Robin Anderson. Robin moved to his town in December 2015 from Spokane. He's been a medical card holder since 2012. Once Robin moved there he was immediately targeted by neighbors in the town that did not like them here because they were newcomers. They tried to be nice and respectful to a lot of them but three totally decided to Target them. There are several bogus police reports that neighbors made constantly calling the police for stupid reasons then the police department will take just their word as evidence and arrest them for stupid things like disorderly conduct and others.



Then the neighbors went to the courthouse and filed an anti-harassment order claiming that they were harassing them. The judge awarded it to them with zero proof. Now the neighbors can simply call the police and say that they spoke to them and the police show up and arrest him. Robin's wife deals with a seizure problem and high-stress situations cause them to kick in. Robin himself has mental and physical disabilities. Robin and his wife were subject to a police raid from all of the harassment from neighbors.

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Trailblazers in Cannabis Law with Joshua Horn and Bill Bogot. Today’s guests on Hempresent are attorneys Joshua Horn and Bill Bogot of the Cannabis Law practice at FOX-Rothschild. Josh Horn is the co-chair of the firm’s Cannabis Law practice and has an extensive background in several areas of legal cannabis business law. He is a highly sought-after authority on complex cannabis law issues. Josh represents major financial services companies in matters throughout the country. He also represents financial advisory companies, individual advisors, and counselors in FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) examinations enforcement and arbitrations. Bill Bogot represents clients in highly regulated industries, particularly gaming and cannabis. He has worked for all three branches of the Illinois government: the executive, legislative and judiciary. However, Bill represents clients nationwide, both in regulatory matters and civil litigation. Bill is also co-chair of Fox's Cannabis Law practice and counsels clients in the medical and recreational cannabis space in multiple states across the country. The National Law Journal has recognized Josh and Bill as Trailblazers in Cannabis Law, and they both join Vivian today to blaze a trail through this episode.

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Fight 4 Lilly Foundation with Serra Frank. Serra is a Mother of 3 from Boise, ID, with an Education in Criminal Justice and Applied Psychology. Serra’s credentials include being the Founding Director of Moms for Marijuana International, and Co-Founder at The Fight 4 Lilly Foundation (a family advocacy/CPS and family courts watchdog organization). Serra is also The Founder of New Approach Idaho as well as Compassionate Idaho, and the President and Event Coordinator of Boise Idaho Hempfest. And Serra is the team Director for Legalize Idaho.

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Marijuana and marijuana policy with Paul Armentano. Paul is the deputy director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and the NORML Foundation in Washington, D.C. Armentano has written on the subject of marijuana and marijuana policy. His work has appeared in over 200 publications, including more than a dozen textbooks and anthologies, and he is a frequent contributor to AlterNet, High Times, The Huffington Post, and the Washington, D.C. newspaper The Hill. Armentano is a 2008 recipient of the 'Project Censored Real News Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism' and was selected as one of America's 'Top 20 Young Visionaries' by Who Cares Magazine, a national quarterly journal devoted to community service and social activism. He has co-written a book about cannabis and social policies, Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?, which was published in 2009 through Chelsea Green Publishing.

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The Last Prisoner Project with Mary Bailey. Mary serves as the Managing Director for The Last Prisoner Project. The Last Prisoner Project is a coalition of cannabis industry leaders, executives, and artists dedicated to bringing restorative justice to the cannabis industry through intervention, advocacy, and awareness. Mary is the CEO and founder of Alpha Agency, a Hawaii based production company specializing in creating events that inspire positive social change through music, education, and community engagement. Mary’s passion for cannabis advocacy and community education inspired her to become the Executive Producer and founder of the Maui Cannabis Conference. As a firm believer in the power of cannabis to heal, she is dedicated to changing the stigma surrounding cannabis and to help inspire a more socially conscious cannabis industry. The Last Prisoner Project focuses on three key criminal justice reform initiatives: clemency, expungement, and reentry. A core focus of the project is to release incarcerated individuals. Data shows, however, that released prisoners are destined to fail without the proper resources in place. Reentry can be incredibly difficult, and two-thirds of released prisoners will be arrested again within three years. Additionally, a criminal record can be a significant barrier to employment, housing, financial assistance, and more.

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