Katree Darriel Saunders is a patient advocate and activist fighting for patient rights and criminal justice reform. She has worked with organizations like Americans for Safe Access and President Obama’s “Organizing America” to raise awareness about the medicinal benefits of cannabis. Katree is a veteran in the cannabis industry with extensive knowledge of cannabinoids and terpenes and over a decade under her belt as a Patient Advisor in multiple dispensaries. In this episode, we will get to know more about Katree, where she’s from, how she got into cannabis, and current projects she’s working on. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/linkup/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/linkup/support

The House has scheduled a congressional vote on the MORE Act (Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act). In this episode LinkUp in the Lobby Host Candace M. Clark shares more abut what the MORE Act is, why it's important, and how you can get active and support. Links: Contact your Congressional Rep: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3884 Write a letter on NORML's Website: https://norml.org/act/federal-the-marijuana-opportunity-reinvestment-and-expungement-act  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/linkup/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/linkup/support

A conversation with Social equity applicants and advocates about the need for adequate and reliable education in the cannabis industry. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/linkup/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/linkup/support

LinkUp in the lobby is a social impact and lifestyle platform to amplify the work of minority advocacy organizations, professionals, legislators, and impactors as they navigate and overcome struggles BIPOC face in the legal cannabis space and ancillary industries. In this conversation, we sit down with Chicago NORML Executive Director Edie Moore to learn more about her work as an individual to make impactful changes in Illinois’ legal cannabis industry. Edie shares: why she supports LinkUp how she thinks the Illinois Lottery should play out what social equity is to her some insight into the process of crafting this cannabis legislation in Illinois what she’s been doing to educate her community about the power of lobbying and being more civically engaged and some misconceptions about lobbying You can follow Edie and Chicago NORML @chicagonorml on all platforms and visit their website to learn more. Check out this article to learn more about lobbying and how you can get involved and make an impact in your community -- even during COVID! Be sure to follow us on social media! Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn | Youtube (and don’t forget to subscribe!) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/linkup/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/linkup/support

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