In 2013, the Justice Department under President Obama, limited federal intervention in state-level marijuana legalization. The “Green Rush” hurtled toward California, and it was mostly white and male. huffp.st/ro4Od0D (1/6)
Four women founded Supernova Women to fill the gap: a nonprofit organization by and for women of color in the emerging cannabis industry. The four women would work to lower barriers to entry for people of color in the emerging cannabis industry. huffp.st/ro4Od0D (2/6) 
Nationally, black people are 3.5 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people, even though the two groups consume cannabis at similar rates. In Oakland, 90 percent of cannabis arrests from 1995 to 2015 were people of color. (3/6)
Women, and women of color specifically have led the charge in advocating for cannabis policy that allows for restorative justice and healing from the war on drugs. huffp.st/ro4Od0D (4/6) 
"There was a complete dearth of conversation about inclusion, even though social and racial justice were at the forefront of the talking points around why you should legalize." — Tsion Lencho, Supernova Women (5/6)
How can communities of color, whose access to the networks and means required to start a business for cannabis had long been oppressed by the rules governing it, benefit from what is projected to be the largest and most profitable market in the U.S.? huffp.st/ro4Od0D (6/6) 
