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on thursday night, august 30 i will be moderating a townhall meeting in plummer park, rooms 5 and 6. there will be a light dinner and gelato tasting (gelato from the “farmacy”™) and then a panel discussion and open forum updating non-patients on the current state of medical cannabis in los angeles, as we see it. five speakers, then public comment & dialog. dinner starts at 6:00. discussion starts at 6:30. am still waiting to hear back about all speakers and anticipate a press release monday. also jeff prang’s weho newsletter will announce the meeting to residents.
this is a place to catch up our voting non-patient allies with the roller coaster ride of events we’ve been going through (like you could figure out what was happening just by following the la times’ non-coverage). i want to focus on our activities as a social justice movement in the context of across-the-board national and international problems of ideology vs. science. i want us to take a look at the issue of state vs. federal jurisdiction in matters of grassroots social change. we will record and transcribe the comments and discussion as “resource” material for other neighborhood meetings throughout la county.
the meeting is sponsored by a coalition representing ten dispensaries inside and just outside the city limits of west hollywood. we have support from pan and asa, wamc and are waiting to confirm a positive & cordial response from glaca. we need your support too, each person who reads this. i am very excited about this effort to work with our stakeholding non-patient citizen allies.
while i’m too tired to be at the asa meeting today, i do anticipate being at the cannabis & coffee meeting tomorrow morning (8-19) at 11 at lapcg. i’d be happy to talk with you about it if you want to stop by. also, i am looking for patients interested in learning how to blog for http://cannabispatientvoice.blogspot.com , which has been off to a good start. right now there is a jpeg posted at the site you can use for flyers for the townhall meeting. contact me rk@aids-write.org for 4-up and 10-up jpegs to print out your own flyers. watch for announcements at cpvoice. i also anticipate an informal poetry reading sunday afternoon around 5pm at galaxy gallery. will probably have a draft of the poem i will be reading to the west hollywood city council monday night, august 20 at 6:30pm. show up at the weho park auditorium, on san vicente between
hope this post finds you well and safe.
namasté
richard kearns
310-488-1328
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