Please join Will Jones III, MPA, SAM Communications & Community Outreach Associate, exclusive part two in our webinar series on the intersection of marijuana legalization and social justice.
Big Pot's army of lobbyists argue that marijuana legalization will alleviate many social justice issues. But by virtually every measure, these promises are vastly unfulfilled. Even worse, it is clear that the marijuana industry has copied the playbook of Big Tobacco and alcohol conglomerates by loading their storefronts up in communities of color and low income neighborhoods.
SAM presenter, Will Jones, will offer best practices and ideas for smart marijuana policies that will foster long-term social justice for marginalized and underrepresented communities. Mr. Jones will share how to better navigate and dispel the many myths around social justice being the real goal of marijuana legalization.
Learn how to navigate the complex concerns surrounding social justice issues and understand how to activate the grassroots in your community.
About the presenter:
Will Jones III, MPA, SAM Communications & Community Outreach Associate
Coming from a legacy of civil rights leaders in Washington, D.C, Will Jones serves as the Communications and Outreach Associate at SAM. He is an experienced speaker and community activist working on issues of social justice at the local and national level.
Partnering with national drug policy advisors and leaders around Washington, D.C., in 2014 Jones founded Two Is Enough DC to raise awareness of the predatory marijuana commercial industry which disproportionally targets disenfranchised communities similar to Alcohol and Big Tobacco. He later started the campaign against marijuana legalization and commercialization in D.C.
Mr. Jones has been featured on a wide variety of TV, radio and print outlets talking about marijuana policy and other issues including NBC, Reuters TV, CBS, BBC World, Al Jazeera, C-SPAN, Washington Post, Huffington Post, and Associated Press.
Mr. Jones is a husband, father and 3rd generation Washingtonian. He proudly serves as a DC Firefighter/EMT and has an MPA from George Washington University.
