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Women's Marijuana Movement news conference

Date:
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Time:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Event Type:
Press Conference
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
In front of of Oakland City Hall
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland

The Women's Marijuana Movement on Tuesday, October 5, will coordinate news conferences throughout California and across the nation in support of Proposition 19, the California ballot initiative to control and tax marijuana similarly to alcohol, and to highlight the need for marijuana law reform nationwide.

"The Women of these United States are joining together and showing their support of Proposition 19 and the people of California to vote YES and take this historic step towards reforming our nation's marijuana laws," Cheyanne Weldon of Texas NORML told Toke of the Town.

"Throughout history, when women have shown their support of prohibition (or lifting of a prohibition), society as a whole has taken notice," Weldon told us.

"We are mothers, daughters, grandmothers, professionals, homemakers, artists... and we collectively recognize that the biggest harms caused by marijuana are the failed drug laws imprisoning nonviolent offenders and often forever affecting their quality of life, as well as their contribution to society, when previously many were or could have been productive citizens rather than a drain on the system," Weldon told us.


CALIFORNIA

Los Angeles

10:30 AM

In front of Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca's office
4700 W. Ramona Blvd., Monterey Park

Contact lynnette_shaw [at] yahoo.com for more information

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Oakland

11 AM

In front of of Oakland City Hall
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland

Contact samantha.talavera [at] gmail.com for more information

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Redlands -- University of Redlands

12 PM

Hunsucker Plaza at University of Redlands
1200 E. Colton Ave., Redlands

Contact Andrew_Bobroff [at] redlands.edu for more information

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San Diego

10:30 AM

In front of San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis's office
330 W. Broadway, San Diego

Contact gretchengp [at] cox.net for more information

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San Jose -- San Jose State University

1 Washington Square, San Jose

Contact mitchellrcolbert [at] gmail.com for more information

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Santa Ana (Orange Country)

11 AM

In front of Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens's office
550 N. Flower St., Santa Ana

Contact kandiceocnorml [at] aol.com for more information

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Santa Clara

In front of Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr's office
70 W. Hedding Street, San Jose

Contact lvazquez821 [at] yahoo.com for more information

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