Hi Friend,

This week is all about advocacy, it's 420 week (!!!)

So first and foremost, most thing that's important other than seeing how many joints you could smoke with your friends, is being grateful showing some gratitude to all of the Black and Brown folks out there who are in jail right now, in legal states, even for nonviolent cannabis offenses. This is really important to acknowledge, *especially* on this week of celebration for so many.

Especially if you're living in a legal state, there are so many people who have worked and continue to work tirelessly for us to be able to walk into a dispensary and legally purchase our medicine. It's just important for us to show love and appreciation for everyone right now in the cannabis space because we're working hard!

Every week during my Friday Morning Meddy, I share my personal weekly prompts. This week’s question is: what do I have to say today? This keeps me grounded. It keeps me focused on what is really, truly important to my heart in that moment in that day, you know, helps me move through the b******t, so I'm not overwhelmed, which is very easy for me.

So, I want to share this with you, and whoever needs to hear it. Consult with your heart, then consult with your mind. Because we're conditioned to be guarded and dishonor our intuition, our internal truths, but it's a radical act to believe in yourself. Be radical, choose to be daring!

That's what I want to leave you with. If it resonated with you, I would really love to know you can leave a comment in this newsletter or just send me an email or dm.

Tata 4 now,

Danielle Olivarez, founder of Highlites

To practice this meditation click play to hear the guided version of this prompt or click here to read this week’s full episode.

April’s Class Schedule in the Stoner Oasis

Weekly Round-Up of All Things Highlites

* On Monday, 4/19 at 3pm PT/ 6pm ET, I am doing an IG Live with Emperifollá, a platform run by Latina women that focus on Latinx culture, lifestyle, and community. I just feel really, really grateful to be asked to speak on cannabis and how and what it means to be a conscious consumer. So if you want to come hang and smoke with me, I'll be there.

* On Tuesday, 4/27, Please save-the-date for a Full Moon Meddy collab with Humble Bloom. So excited to share more details with you soon!

Floret Coaltion

For April, please join Highlites and the Floret Coalition in donating to @equitablegivingcircle. Equitable Giving Circle is a community of people committed to creating peer-led, community-funded, transformational change. Their work aims to build immediate and increased equity throughout Portland’s BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities through a combination of fund development and network building opportunities that center economic equity. Currently, EGCs main initiative is feeding BIPOC community members with fresh weekly CSA boxes purchased from local BIPOC Farmers.Want to join the Floret Coalition’s efforts to give back to Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities? Learn more by getting in touch with @broccoli_mag.  Thank you to the Floret board (@mennlay, @shop_shaw, @msgoodegg) for highlighting this month’s organization.

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