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2/11-17: Take Action During Medical Marijuana Week
Take Action during Medical Marijuana Week,
February 11-17, 2008
Join the National Movement to Protect Safe Access!
February 11-17, 2008
Join the National Movement to Protect Safe Access!
To celebrate the growing support for medical cannabis and the spread of safe
access in medical cannabis states throughout the nation, Americans for Safe
Access (ASA) has organized Medical Marijuana Week 2008
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeek. This will be the sixth annual
Medical Marijuana Week, held during the week of 2/15 to commemorate the passage
of Proposition 215, California's medical cannabis law.
This year, we are calling on you and advocates nationwide to take action every
day this week. Please read on for daily opportunities to advance safe access to
medical cannabis. Celebrate Medical Marijuana Week with us by educating your
community, meeting with your U.S. Senators, writing letters to the editor, and
more!
Also, be sure to wear your ASA gear next week to further educate your community
about Medical Marijuana Week! If you do not have an ASA t-shirt, sticker, hat,
bag, or sweatshirt yet, visit our store
http://americansforsafeaccess.org/onlinestore so you can "Gear Up" for
Medical Marijuana Week and beyond!
Monday: Join the Movement
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekMonday
In just five years, ASA has become the nation's largest organization of
patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting
safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research. Join the
fastest growing medical cannabis group, ASA, by becoming a member and/or asking
your friends and family to join ASA.
Tuesday: Meet Your Senators
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekTuesday
On Tuesday and Wednesday during Medical Marijuana Week hundreds of activists
throughout the country are “dropping in” on their U.S. Senators’ district
offices. Join your fellow activists by dropping in on both of your U.S.
Senators’ local district offices on February the 12th to talk about
supporting access for FDA-approved medical cannabis research. Urge them to
support research by signing on to the letter Senators Kennedy and Kerry are
circulating to enable FDA-approved research.
Wednesday: Put Pens to Paper for Research!
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekWednesday
Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper calling on your Senators
to support access for FDA-approved medical marijuana research. FDA-approved
research is key to safe access nationwide. You never know who you might be
influencing - other community members, a staffer in one of your Senator's
district offices, or perhaps even one of your Senators! Visit ASA's LTE action
site on Wednesday for an easy way to submit your LTE online, using talking
points provided by our communications specialists.
Thursday: Meet Your Match
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekThursday
Patients nationwide have joined together to form condition-based unions to
further promote medical cannabis research and advocate for safe access to
medical cannabis through the Medical Marijuana Unions project. Plug into one of
ASA’s fastest growing network of patients, researchers, advocates, and
medical professionals. Join a condition-based union today!
Friday: Meet the Movement and Get Organized
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekFriday
ASA is excited to release our first ever National Field Report, which paints a
comprehensive picture of the local, state, and national campaigns ASA’s
chapters and affiliates work on and also highlights the 2007 accomplishments in
the field. Download the report on Thursday and start or join an ASA chapter!
Saturday and Sunday: Walk Your Talk
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekSunday
On Saturday and Sunday, mobilize your community for medical marijuana research.
Download and print out a petition calling on your U.S. Senators to support
access to materials for FDA-approved medical cannabis research. Visit ASA’s
fun interactive map to download a petition addressed to your state’s U.S.
Senators. Gather signatures on this petition at your work, school, home,
church, and in your community. Please send completed petitions back to ASA via
fax: (510) 251-2036; or mail: 1322 Webster Street, Suite 402, Oakland, CA 94612
Please forward this email widely to friends, co-workers, and family to
encourage them to join you in the national movement to protect safe access!
Sincerely,
Sonnet Seeborg Gabbard
Field Coordinator
Americans for Safe Access
Americans for Safe Access is the nation's largest organization of patients,
medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and
legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research.
access in medical cannabis states throughout the nation, Americans for Safe
Access (ASA) has organized Medical Marijuana Week 2008
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeek. This will be the sixth annual
Medical Marijuana Week, held during the week of 2/15 to commemorate the passage
of Proposition 215, California's medical cannabis law.
This year, we are calling on you and advocates nationwide to take action every
day this week. Please read on for daily opportunities to advance safe access to
medical cannabis. Celebrate Medical Marijuana Week with us by educating your
community, meeting with your U.S. Senators, writing letters to the editor, and
more!
Also, be sure to wear your ASA gear next week to further educate your community
about Medical Marijuana Week! If you do not have an ASA t-shirt, sticker, hat,
bag, or sweatshirt yet, visit our store
http://americansforsafeaccess.org/onlinestore so you can "Gear Up" for
Medical Marijuana Week and beyond!
Monday: Join the Movement
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekMonday
In just five years, ASA has become the nation's largest organization of
patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting
safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research. Join the
fastest growing medical cannabis group, ASA, by becoming a member and/or asking
your friends and family to join ASA.
Tuesday: Meet Your Senators
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekTuesday
On Tuesday and Wednesday during Medical Marijuana Week hundreds of activists
throughout the country are “dropping in” on their U.S. Senators’ district
offices. Join your fellow activists by dropping in on both of your U.S.
Senators’ local district offices on February the 12th to talk about
supporting access for FDA-approved medical cannabis research. Urge them to
support research by signing on to the letter Senators Kennedy and Kerry are
circulating to enable FDA-approved research.
Wednesday: Put Pens to Paper for Research!
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekWednesday
Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper calling on your Senators
to support access for FDA-approved medical marijuana research. FDA-approved
research is key to safe access nationwide. You never know who you might be
influencing - other community members, a staffer in one of your Senator's
district offices, or perhaps even one of your Senators! Visit ASA's LTE action
site on Wednesday for an easy way to submit your LTE online, using talking
points provided by our communications specialists.
Thursday: Meet Your Match
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekThursday
Patients nationwide have joined together to form condition-based unions to
further promote medical cannabis research and advocate for safe access to
medical cannabis through the Medical Marijuana Unions project. Plug into one of
ASA’s fastest growing network of patients, researchers, advocates, and
medical professionals. Join a condition-based union today!
Friday: Meet the Movement and Get Organized
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekFriday
ASA is excited to release our first ever National Field Report, which paints a
comprehensive picture of the local, state, and national campaigns ASA’s
chapters and affiliates work on and also highlights the 2007 accomplishments in
the field. Download the report on Thursday and start or join an ASA chapter!
Saturday and Sunday: Walk Your Talk
http://www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekSunday
On Saturday and Sunday, mobilize your community for medical marijuana research.
Download and print out a petition calling on your U.S. Senators to support
access to materials for FDA-approved medical cannabis research. Visit ASA’s
fun interactive map to download a petition addressed to your state’s U.S.
Senators. Gather signatures on this petition at your work, school, home,
church, and in your community. Please send completed petitions back to ASA via
fax: (510) 251-2036; or mail: 1322 Webster Street, Suite 402, Oakland, CA 94612
Please forward this email widely to friends, co-workers, and family to
encourage them to join you in the national movement to protect safe access!
Sincerely,
Sonnet Seeborg Gabbard
Field Coordinator
Americans for Safe Access
Americans for Safe Access is the nation's largest organization of patients,
medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and
legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research.
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Friday: Meet the Movement
Check out ASA's National Field Report
Dear ASA Supporter,
This week, activists across the nation have helped ASA celebrate Medical
Marijuana Awareness Week. Now, we want you to meet the movement!
http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/MMJWeekFriday
Working as ASA's national Field Coordinator, I am regularly asked, "So, what
exactly does ASA do?" I smile and say, "oh where to begin..." Among the many
other services ASA provides to patients such as legal and other forms of
support, trainings, lobbying on Capitol Hill, media work, and outreach to the
larger non-medical cannabis communities, the heart of ASA's work lies in our
activists and what they are doing on the ground level.
It is for this reason I am very excited to announce that today, on 2-15, ASA
would like to recognize the accomplishments our chapters and affiliates
achieved in 2007. Today, ASA is releasing the first
http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/downloads/2007FieldReport.pdf National
Field Report. This report provides a snapshot of all the local, state, and
national campaigns ASA's chapters and affiliates worked on in 2007 and
highlights some exciting accomplishments in the field. Download the report
today, sit back and learn about what ASA chapters, affiliates, and activists
are doing in your neck of the woods.
The 2007 National Field Report has been compiled from dozens of reports by
ASA's local chapters and affiliates. It embodies the meaningful work that the
grassroots medical marijuana movement focused on during 2007. Please
http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/downloads/2007FieldReport.pdf download
this report and read about what your peers in the movement are doing to ensure
safe access in your community, state, and beyond!
Once you have checked out the report we are challenging you to start or join an
ASA chapter! Check out http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/LocalResources
to see if there is an ASA chapter in your community. ASA chapters and
affiliates represent the core of ASA's political activism. If there is no
chapter or affiliate in your region, start one today! It's easy, and ASA staff
will guide you through the process.
ASA groups are extremely independent in terms of campaign activities, and we
encourage creativity. We understand that "all politics is local" and so it's
important for you to think about what makes sense for your community. Several
campaign ideas are laid out in ASA's organizing handbook
http://www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/OrganizingHandbook, and others can be
found on our website at http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/StartAChapter.
Ways to Meet the Movement:
1. Check Out ASA's National Field Report: Read ASA's National Field
Report. http://www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekFriday
2. Join or start an ASA Chapter: Using ASA's
http://www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/LocalResources online resources, find
out if there is an ASA chapter in your area. If there isn't a group, start a
chapter in your community. To start an ASA chapter or become an affiliate
contact ASA's Field Coordinator, Sonnet Seeborg Gabbard at
Sonnet [at] AmericansforSafeAccess.org or call ASA headquarters at (510) 251-1856
x 321.http://www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/StartACHapter
3. Join the Movement: http://www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/Donate In the
past day, hundreds of supporters have joined the movement by donating to ASA.
There are thousands more of you who support ASA, but have not taken action yet.
Please join the movement today. It only takes a couple minutes and will renew
your commitment to the medical cannabis movement.
4. Spread the Word: Forward this message widely to friends, co-workers, and
family to encourage them to join you in the national movement to protect safe
access!
Thank you for taking action and keep an eye out for Saturday's and Sunday's
exciting action!
Sincerely,
Sonnet Seeborg Gabbard
Field Coordinator
Americans for Safe Access
Americans for Safe Access is the nation's largest organization of patients,
medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and
legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research.
Check out ASA's National Field Report
Dear ASA Supporter,
This week, activists across the nation have helped ASA celebrate Medical
Marijuana Awareness Week. Now, we want you to meet the movement!
http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/MMJWeekFriday
Working as ASA's national Field Coordinator, I am regularly asked, "So, what
exactly does ASA do?" I smile and say, "oh where to begin..." Among the many
other services ASA provides to patients such as legal and other forms of
support, trainings, lobbying on Capitol Hill, media work, and outreach to the
larger non-medical cannabis communities, the heart of ASA's work lies in our
activists and what they are doing on the ground level.
It is for this reason I am very excited to announce that today, on 2-15, ASA
would like to recognize the accomplishments our chapters and affiliates
achieved in 2007. Today, ASA is releasing the first
http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/downloads/2007FieldReport.pdf National
Field Report. This report provides a snapshot of all the local, state, and
national campaigns ASA's chapters and affiliates worked on in 2007 and
highlights some exciting accomplishments in the field. Download the report
today, sit back and learn about what ASA chapters, affiliates, and activists
are doing in your neck of the woods.
The 2007 National Field Report has been compiled from dozens of reports by
ASA's local chapters and affiliates. It embodies the meaningful work that the
grassroots medical marijuana movement focused on during 2007. Please
http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/downloads/2007FieldReport.pdf download
this report and read about what your peers in the movement are doing to ensure
safe access in your community, state, and beyond!
Once you have checked out the report we are challenging you to start or join an
ASA chapter! Check out http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/LocalResources
to see if there is an ASA chapter in your community. ASA chapters and
affiliates represent the core of ASA's political activism. If there is no
chapter or affiliate in your region, start one today! It's easy, and ASA staff
will guide you through the process.
ASA groups are extremely independent in terms of campaign activities, and we
encourage creativity. We understand that "all politics is local" and so it's
important for you to think about what makes sense for your community. Several
campaign ideas are laid out in ASA's organizing handbook
http://www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/OrganizingHandbook, and others can be
found on our website at http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/StartAChapter.
Ways to Meet the Movement:
1. Check Out ASA's National Field Report: Read ASA's National Field
Report. http://www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekFriday
2. Join or start an ASA Chapter: Using ASA's
http://www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/LocalResources online resources, find
out if there is an ASA chapter in your area. If there isn't a group, start a
chapter in your community. To start an ASA chapter or become an affiliate
contact ASA's Field Coordinator, Sonnet Seeborg Gabbard at
Sonnet [at] AmericansforSafeAccess.org or call ASA headquarters at (510) 251-1856
x 321.http://www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/StartACHapter
3. Join the Movement: http://www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/Donate In the
past day, hundreds of supporters have joined the movement by donating to ASA.
There are thousands more of you who support ASA, but have not taken action yet.
Please join the movement today. It only takes a couple minutes and will renew
your commitment to the medical cannabis movement.
4. Spread the Word: Forward this message widely to friends, co-workers, and
family to encourage them to join you in the national movement to protect safe
access!
Thank you for taking action and keep an eye out for Saturday's and Sunday's
exciting action!
Sincerely,
Sonnet Seeborg Gabbard
Field Coordinator
Americans for Safe Access
Americans for Safe Access is the nation's largest organization of patients,
medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and
legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research.
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