Register for this terrific event on Ohio cannabis reform featuring our co-founder Cat Packer at Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at Ohio State, where another one of our co-founders Shaleen Title is in residence. This will be a hybrid event for people both in and out of Ohio!

Thank you to Rafi Crockett, Member of the Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition & Commissioner of DC Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABRA), for joining us as a speaker at PBC 2022, the B2B conference for payments, banking, and compliance in the cannabis industry. Join us Sept 7-8, 2022, in DC!

"Dasheeda Dawson of CRCC said she rejected the conflation of the 'legacy' market with the 'illicit' market. Overregulation in some ways has created an extra layer of 'illicit' that actually does not fit into the definition of what we consider 'legacy'." law360.com/cannabis/artic…

CRCC members Rafi Aliya Crockett (Washington, D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board) and Shaleen Title (former MA Cannabis Control Commission) will be speaking at International Cannabis Bar Association's Cannabis Law Institute #CLI2022 this weekend. Learn more: cli2022.incba.org

Y’all. There’s a big difference between “increased access” vs. “equitable access” to #cannabisbanking — 💁🏾‍♀️check out Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition newly published paper “Not a SAFE Bet: Equitable Access to Cannabis Banking” to learn more! #notaSAFEbet #SAFEBanking papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Thoughtful coverage on our SAFE amendments paper and panel by Nushin Rashidian at Cannabis Wire. Find the paper here: bit.ly/3dyMN0F cannabiswire.com/2022/08/17/can…

Cat Packer, a former regulator, said that the “claim” about the SAFE Banking Act that has “frustrated” her most is that it is “being passed for equity,” as if it’s a “goal” of the bill. “It does not mention the word equity. Not once
,” Packer said. cannabiswire.com/2022/08/17/can…

BorderTWNDevils Raj Chander Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition Shaleen Title Cat Packer Cannabis Biz Times None of the SAFE amendments are a “hold out for perfection” by far. They put the bill much closer to its marketing plan and it’s still not perfect, enough or fully addressing the govt’s accountability for fed-sanctioned racial discrimination in banking AND cannabis prohibition.

Thanks to Cannabis Biz Times for covering our recent panel and companion paper, Not a SAFE Bet: Equitable Access to Cannabis Banking, authored by members of Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition. Paper: bit.ly/3dyMN0F Event Recording: bit.ly/3cgcsLj Article: bit.ly/3ceJPOH

Register to hear Rafi Crockett from Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition, Michael O'Neill from Stearns Bank, Mel Barnes from West Town Bank & Trust, Daniel Schneider from Lead, Rebecca Laurie from CO Div. of Banking on "Cannabis Banking, a Booming Business" Register: lnkd.in/g9M9ZV_c

At an Aug. 17 event hosted by the Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition, the panel stressed that the #SAFEBankingAct needs further amendments for addressing #equity in the industry. Read their recommendations that would make the bill and the cannabis industry more equitable: bit.ly/3PHUSO3

Congratulations to CRCC Co-Founder and Chair Dasheeda Dawson on her new appointment!

racial disparities in financial services are likely to be replicated in marijuana banking without intentional efforts to both PROACTIVELY identify AND address them. We need the data and a plan. Check out Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition’s take on the issue papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

.Cat Packer of Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition argues in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that legalization advocates should stop using the term "black market" as a synonym for illegal market. marijuanamoment.net/the-black-mark…

If we can all speak with the same language and respect each other, we are all better positioned to break free from the shackles of failed prohibitionist policies and actualize a future where marijuana laws and policies aren’t driven by racism … marijuanamoment.net/the-black-mark…

Cannabis is freedom and HEALTH. Thank you Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition for bringing Cannabis Government Regulators of Color together this week. We’ve got each other and we’ve got this. #Cannabis #SafeBankingAct #Equity

"We are delighted to see the bill reintroduced with some of the changes we have been advocating for. However, more needs to be done... e.g. w/minor changes, SAFE could ensure marijuana records are not automatically considered a ‘red flag’."-Dasheeda Dawson drugpolicy.org/press-release/…

Here is the link to watch CRCC Vice Chair Cat Packer and others speak at the committee hearing, "Examining Cannabis Banking Challenges of Small Businesses and Workers" at 9:45am ET banking.senate.gov/hearings/exami…

We joined Drug Policy Alliance and @CRC_Coalition to continue to urge reforms to SAFE(r) so the most harmed communities aren't systematically denied access to financial services. We remain neutral on the bill and hope to see further improvements. Our letter: tinyurl.com/2apbnm8b