Flushing Protest Leads to Cooperation
Flushing - On Monday, April 12th, a protest spearheaded by Clio Cultivation’s Buddy Dalton, and later comments heard at the Flushing Township Office, led to a peaceful solution.
For two hours patients, caregivers, and advocates, waved American flags and protest signs on the lawn of the township office along Seymour road. Curious parties stopped and asked questions, and drivers honked in support. All agreed that the new proposed rule set did not make sense, and would restrict their ability to grow on their own private land.
Police present kept their distance, while protesters peacefully assembled. Flushing Township Officials had initially proposed an outdoor meeting to accommodate Covid restrictions, but then decided to continue with an indoor meeting.
The event concluded in cooperation, member William Mills agreeing to create a planning commission that will include advocates who can help create a set of rules that will make both sides happy.
Social Equity Efforts Alive Despite Judges Freeze
community march on.
Nonprofits such as the Detroit Cannabis Project, a group who helps Detroiters become successful marijuana business professionals, have decided to take a different approach to the idea of social equity. “We just wanted to go above and beyond. If we do good for people, they’ll be good to us.”, stated DCP founder Rebecca Colett to the Detroit Metro Times. The organization has purchased abandoned homes and plots in Detroit and plans on turning them into useful community gardens and parks.
Other areas of the state are seeing similarly creative takes on social equity as individuals and organizations come up with projects and ideas that transcend government mandates.
Virtual Hash Bash 2021
Master of Ceremonies Anqunette Sarfoh led a star-studded list of participants including Calvin Johnson, Darren McCarty, Joel Zumaya, Al Harrington, Laith-Al-Saaid, and Tom Wall. Also on the schedule were Democrat politicians Gretchen Whitmer, Dana Nessel, Debbie Dingell, and Jeff Irwin.
Cannabis activists too joined in on the digital party such as Decriminalize Nature A2, Rick Thompson and the Social Revolution, Jazz Cabbage Cafe, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, The Redemption Foundation, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, “and more.” Michigan’s own John Sinclair attended both online and in-person Hash Bash celebrations.
While most outlets were happy to report only 500-1000 people were on the diag at noon, attendance for the virtual event is not reported in news articles. The event streamed on Twitch and Facebook, and internationally on Roku Television. A look at the twitch.tv/a2hashbash channel (at the time of this writing) reveals a total of 178 followers, with view counts on “popular clips” ranging from 2 at lowest to 41 at most. The four hour video of the live show on YouTube has 57 views and 4 likes. A five hour video called the “2021 Virtual Hash Bash Sizzle Reel- The People and Music of 2021 Hash Bash!” has 89 views and 3 likes.
