Old Friends Collaborating to Launch Minority Cannabis Academy & Events
Brendon Robinson and Stanley Okoro are friends from childhood developing cannabis enterprise training courses and cannabis industry events. They are doing so through Minority Cannabis Academy and 420NJEvents. Brendon Robinson is the CEO, and Okoro is the Vice President of Minority Cannabis Academy (MCA), a company designed to educate people on the nuances of the […]
Jay-Z Wants to Set Up Fund to Help Minority Cannabis Entrepreneurs
The rap mogul Jay-Z wants to help Hispanic and Black minority cannabis entrepreneurs get into the cannabis industry through his new company. “We know we can’t fully redeem the injustices created by the War on Drugs. We can help shape a brighter and inclusive future,” Jay-Z said. “The brands we build will pave a new […]
NJCBA Alliances Ensure Minority Representation in NJ Cannabis
The New Jersey CannaBusiness Association (NJCBA) announced alliances with economic justice and business advocates to ensure minority representation in the NJ cannabis industry. “Whether potential license holders or general contractors or subcontractors, the state must ensure that people of color are part of the economic fabric of the cannabis industry that gets woven in the […]
Leo Bridgewater Receives Cannabiz Grant from Delivery Company Eaze
Advocate and Businessman Leo Bridgewater won a cannabiz grant and a place in Eaze’s Momentum accelerator program to help minority entrepreneurs. Eaze, California’s largest marketplace for legal cannabis, announced the winners of its second-annual Momentum program, which cultivates the growth and success of underrepresented cannabis business founders. Bridgewater is a Trenton, NJ, native, veteran, and entrepreneur. In 2001, […]
NJ Senate Minority Cannabis Entrepreneur Lending Bill Advances
Senator Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) is advancing a bill to help NJ minority cannabis entrepreneurs seeking to enter the medical cannabis industry access capital in New Jersey. He is passionate about legalization and creating a just cannabis industry. “The War on Drugs for low-income Black and Brown communities has done nothing but hold those communities back,” […]
Singleton Bill Might Help NJ Minority Cannabis Entrepreneurs
Senator Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) is sponsoring a bill to help NJ minority entrepreneurs access capital and technical assistance that could have negative repercussions. State Senator Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) is the other primary cosponsor of S. 2875. It would allow an investment fund to lend money to cannabis license applicants who are minority entrepreneurs, women, or […]
Minority Entrepreneurs Seek NJ Home Delivery Cannabis License
Roll Up Life Inc, a New Jersey Black-owned business is primed to secure a home delivery cannabis company license. Many advocates have been extolling the value of giving minority entrepreneurs a license in the adult-use cannabis market in the abstract. Roll Up Life, though, is a concrete example where that could become true. Launching Roll […]
Hope Wiseman: Youngest Black Female License Owner Has NJ Connects
Mary & Main is a medical marijuana dispensary founded by Hope Wiseman. She is the youngest black woman to win a dispensary license in 2016. Hope Wiseman founded the dispensary with her mother Dr. Octavia Wiseman along with Dr. Larry Bryant, both dentists. Their dispensary is located in Capitol Heights, MD. They first applied for […]