DANK Calendar
American Correctional Association is holding its 138th Anuual "Congress " this year in new Orleans, August 8-13, DANK is working to put together an event to oppose them...some ideas for names include "The 1st Annual Drug War Freedom Congress","1st Annual Drug War Education Congress", "1st Annual People's Congress on Prison Reform", and "1st annual Drug War Unification Congress"We are trying to fill six days of Speakers and Teachers:August 8-Education Drug War Impact on Students and the Educational Systems of America .. Drug Education and Use-Effects of Ending the Drug War August 9-Medical Drug War impact on the Medical Community Patient/Doctor Issues Marijuana as Medicine Pharmaceutical Companies Role in Drug War August 10-Industry Industrial Hemp Uses Industrial Hemp Growth-Planetary Benefit of Industrial Hemp and the Economy August 11-The Constitution and Drug Policy Prisoners Rights Effects on Families Prison Labor and the 13th Ammendment How the Prison System Profits by Prohibiting your Right to "Persuit of Happiness" August 12-Personal Freedom Religion and the Drug War Life, Liberty, AND the Persuit of Happiness Defining Personal Freedom August 13-Unification Day Open Forum Discussion/Teach-in, Multi-Topic Unity and ActivismEach Day will aslo fewature a rally for its specified Topic, and the final day, August 13, will be a larger rally, including everyone...since 1870 the ACA has done all it can to make money off of locking people up-this includes lobbying for Mandatory Minimums, More Surveilance, JAG Laws, etc It is time to stop them...I have looked and each year someone hosts a protest...together our whispers become a scream... please join us in this important event-we need folks to volunteer, sponsor, speak, teach, march, house participants, and right now to PLAN this out... Conatct us Via myspace or email [email protected] for more information or help out.
If you have reached this page, you must have some interest in the marijuana and/or industrial hemp movement. That is why we are here. With your help and the help of others involved in the movement to free the greatest herb on Earth we are working to create a comprehensive directory that will allow greater networking and unity among the different facets of the movement.
This space is only a preliminary effort and are working on getting the directory completed...Now that we are up and running, the website we plan on creating will include a calendar of hemp related festivals, protests, and other events as well as links to the sites promoting these festivals. Please view our progress on the site -its D.A.N.K We will attend as many of these events as time and travel expenses allow. We will also be creating link pages on the site that will take you to various organizations in your area that provide information and resources related to 1)Medical Marijuana, 2)Industrial Hemp and Hemp Products, 3)Drug War Information, 4)Festivals and Hemp related shows, and 5)Links to Counter Culture Celebrity web sites.
We are strong supporters of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) and are interested in making contacts at various Universities around the US who either have chapters or would like help starting chapters. We are actively working on an employment and scholorship program for activist students. This program would both provide a means of employment for students as well as let the students earn many thousands of dollars in scholorships.
How do we do this? We are looking for university and college students who are involved in SSDP and would be interested in running a booth on campus and/or at local festivals selling hemp products. Students involved will recieve a percentage of retail sales and every $5000 worth of retail sales will result in $1000 in scholorships for your school. Recipients of these scholorships will be nominated by the participating students and must be a part of the student body where the SSDP chapter is located. The scholorships will be in $250 increments and will be awarded one to each of four catagories. We are actively working with several companies who manufacure or distibute Hemp products (such as clothing, soap, make-up, etc)who have expressed interest in donating products and information packets for students to sell at these booths.
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