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7th Annual Cannabis Convention Speakers
By Hempology | January 9, 2006
Marc Emery
Founded Cannabis Culture and Marc Emery Direct in 1995. He ran for Mayor of Vancouver in 1996 and 2002 and is founder and president of the BC Marijuana Party. He opened Hemp BC and the Cannabis Cafe, where he experienced a series of raids in 1996, 1997 and 1998. He started Pot TV in 2000, a show that has featured many of our Convention’s speakers. On July 28, 2005 Canadian police, acting under orders of the US following a lengthy investigation by the Drug Enforcement Agency, arrested Emery and charged him with conspiracy to distribute marijuana seeds, conspiracy to distribute marijuana and conspiracy to engage in money laundering. The US has issued extradition orders for Emery.
Renee Boje
In 1997 she illustrated Todd McCormick’s book “How to Grow Medical Marijuana.” a book inspired by Proposition 215 that effectively legalized medical marijuana in the state of California. Renee, Todd and Peter McWilliams were arrested in a rented Bel Air mansion where thousands of medical cannabis plants were grown as research for the book. Fearing a ten year mandatory minimum to life sentence, she fled to the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia and eventually applied for refugee status. She then met author/ Pot TV manager, Chris Bennett, whom she has married and has had one child with, Shiva. The Canadian Minister of Justice, Irwin Cotler, ordered her surrendered to US authorities on June 17, 2005; she turned herself in on that same day and was released on bail pending an appeal. She was given a six month extension to stay in Canada. Her next court date is March 27, 2006.
Michelle Rainey
Michelle went to work for Marc Emery in 2000 in an attempt to legalize cannabis. She helped to organize the BC Marijuana Party and was also a candidate for the provincial legislature in 2001. She was one of three charged in the US ordered raid against Emery’s seed company on July 28, 2005. The Canadian government is co-operating with the US to have them extradited south to face much stiffer American punishment. Michelle has a license to possess and is an educator and advocate on Crohn’s Disease, an incurable condition that can result in the necrosis of all of the intestines. Currently, she is out on bail and works at the BC Marijuana Party Store.
JoAnna McKee
In 1993 co-founded Seattle’s Green Cross Patient Cooperative, “whose mission is to assist each other through education, information, counseling, support, verification, and registry.” Green Cross is open to Washington State residents “that present a bona ride need for medicinal cannabis on the advice of their physician.” About 75 percent of their patients are HIV-positive. They were giving-out medicine for free until May 1995, when she was arrested, but charges were thrown out by a judge who ruled that 160 marijuana plants were seized without a proper search warrant. She is currently involved with the Green Cross as spokesperson and matriarch.
Minneh Kamau
Minneh was awarded the “Women of Distinction” award in Victoria in 2003 for her work in supporting the homeless and poor of the community and for giving many hours of volunteer work for AVI (AIDS Vancouver Island). She has also given over 700 talks in the community to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS. Born in Kenya, Minneh came to Canada to find health, love and inspiration in the cannabis community. Her story touches upon many important themes of the cannabis movement.
Sun Feb 5 University of Victoria David Lam Auditorium 1-4:20pm Free admission
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