PASTORS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES, ADDICTION PREVENTION LEADERS TO CALL ON GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY TO DECRIMINALIZE POT RATHER THAN LEGALIZE
PASTORS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES, ADDICTION PREVENTION LEADERS TO CALL ON GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY TO DECRIMINALIZE POT RATHER THAN LEGALIZE
Leaders to Rally for Pardons of Those Convicted of Marijuana Crimes
WHAT: Newark/North Jersey Committee of Black Churchmen, Inc., President Bishop Dr. Jethro James, Sr., State Senator Ronald Rice, New Jersey Responsible Approaches to Marijuana Policy (NJ-RAMP) Executive Director Stephen Reid,Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)‘s Will Jones, prominent activists in the New Jersey social justice movement, and hundreds of local advocates will gather to call on Governor Phil Murphy to provide all communities with long-sought social justice reforms, without advancing dangerous commercial marijuana sales.
States that have approved the commercial pot sales have seen significant health and public safety impacts, as well as targeting and victimization of minority communities. Leaders from the Newark community will press the Governor to pardon those convicted of marijuana crimes, instead of pursuing the legalization of today’s dangerous, high-potency marijuana.
WHO: Bishop Dr. Jethro James Sr., President, Newark/North Jersey Committee of Black Churchmen, Inc.
State Senator Ronald Rice (D- Newark)
Stephen Reid, Executive Director, NJ-RAMP
Will Jones, Communications Associate, Smart Approaches to Marijuana
WHERE: Paradise Baptist Church, 348 15th Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07103
WHEN: Wednesday, April 17, 2019; 12:00PM
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About NJ-RAMP:
NJ-RAMP, an affiliate of SAM Action, is a coalition of individuals and associations who believe that the health, safety and economic consequences of recreational marijuana legalization far outweigh the perceived social benefits. The grassroots organization consists of medical doctors, community groups, treatment providers, drug prevention professionals, business owners, law enforcement officers, parents, religious leaders, and many others. For more information, visit www.nj-ramp.org.
