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Episode 03: Kassandra Frederique Talking about Race and Marijuana, Police Abolition, and Stigma
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Kassandra Frederique, managing director of policy, advocacy and campaigns at Drug Policy Alliance, joins Chevon and Hiba to talk about her work in advancing policy and community solutions to reduce the harms associated with drug use and the carceral system. They also touch on the importance of language as an organizing tool, and provide a framework that demonstrates racial justice work and marijuana policy reform are inextricably linked.
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Drug Policy Alliance
www.instagram.com/drugpolicyalliance
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Follow Kassandra Frederique on Twitter
www.twitter.com/Kassandra_Fred
About Race Forward:
Race Forward catalyzes movement building for racial justice. In partnership with communities, organizations, and sectors, we build strategies to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Race Forward imagines a just, multiracial, democratic society, free from oppression and exploitation, in which people of color thrive with power and purpose.
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Executive Producers:
Hendel Leiva and Melissa Franqui
44 episoder
Manage episode 283890646 series 2867962
Kassandra Frederique, managing director of policy, advocacy and campaigns at Drug Policy Alliance, joins Chevon and Hiba to talk about her work in advancing policy and community solutions to reduce the harms associated with drug use and the carceral system. They also touch on the importance of language as an organizing tool, and provide a framework that demonstrates racial justice work and marijuana policy reform are inextricably linked.
Leave a 5-star review, and subscribe for more episodes of Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast!
Resources (by order of mention)
Drug Policy Alliance
www.instagram.com/drugpolicyalliance
Vocal New York
Follow Kassandra Frederique on Twitter
www.twitter.com/Kassandra_Fred
About Race Forward:
Race Forward catalyzes movement building for racial justice. In partnership with communities, organizations, and sectors, we build strategies to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Race Forward imagines a just, multiracial, democratic society, free from oppression and exploitation, in which people of color thrive with power and purpose.
Follow Race Forward on social media
Follow us on Facebook:
Follow us on Twitter:
Follow us on Instagram:
Subscribe to our newsletter:
Save The Date for Facing Race 2020:
http://bit.ly/FR2020-SaveTheDate
Executive Producers:
Hendel Leiva and Melissa Franqui
44 episoder
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