The City of San Diego is developing a cannabis social equity program as part of their cannabis ordinance and they are purposely sabotaging it. We want to bring awareness to the content in the program in hopes of tearing down this structure before it begins. We need others to understand and support us in this effort so that we might shape this program to support the people who have been harmed by it most. To educate the general public about:

The state of cannabis social equity in San Diego

How cannabis social equity relates to reparations and healing

Ways to support cannabis social equity in San Diego

Bio:

Anthony Avalos

Cannabis Justice Advocate/Council of Equity Advocacy in San Diego

As a 3rd and 4th generation San Diegan, Anthony has witnessed the impact a family unit has on community as well as the impact community has on the family unit’s wellbeing. As a survivor of the failed drug war, Anthony is acutely aware of the disproportionate trauma that some communities continue to experience. The pharmacological and economic powerhouse that is cannabis represents both direct and indirect pathways to community healing. Anthony has studied Human Resource Management as well as obtained multiple certifications through Columbia Care and Americans for Safe Access “Patient Focused Care” program. As a certified patient-focused cannabis expert, Anthony has developed retail SOP’s, curriculum and facilitated cannabis education programs for our most vulnerable San Diegans.

Anthony has logistical expertise in HRM as well as c-suite support and has assisted both legacy operators and MSO’s brand development. This has cultivated an understanding of cannabis business needs while developing standards of equity with multiple stakeholders within the emerging cannabis industry. Anthony is dedicated to honoring the work of those that came before us by creating the most effective cannabis social equity program in the nation.

This event is part of a series of KOSMelaninology™ healing sessions for black people about black people to begin to stop Anti-Blackness in its tracks. We will address the question “How Might We Design a more equitable Cannabis program that considers Black, Latinx and Indigenous people. It seems only We can do this ourselves