EVENTS & TRAINING

The CALIFORNIA URBAN PARTNERSHIP is deeply committed to bringing organizations, people, information, programs and resources together to build transformational community initiatives.  Our events and forums provide valuable training, networking and community building opportunities.   

MARIJUANA & EQUITY: A Summit For Organizers And Advocates

​Police brutality, mass incarceration and generational poverty are directly connected to decades of racial marijuana law enforcement. Black and Brown communities continue to be plagued by Drug War destruction and trauma as policymakers create a path for mostly wealthy and white investors to dominate a multi-billion legal marijuana industry.   
 
MARIJUANA & EQUITY: A Summit for Organizers and Advocates, will address economic development, health, decriminalization and records expungement. The convening will also explore the latest developments in California’s Community Reinvestment grants program, and what’s happening with marijuana taxes being collected by local governments. We expect to have some of the leading legislators and policymakers present to give us the latest on the fast-evolving cannabis industry and policy issues.  Co-sponsored by the Hood Incubator, California Urban Partnership, Public Health Advocates and Youth Forward, the goal of the Summit is to educate attendees, and bring them together in the fight to advance racial and health equity in marijuana policy and industry practices.
MARIJUANA BUSINESS SUPPORT SURVEY
 
In response to a CALIFORNIA URBAN PARTNERSHIP led effort – which was supported by numerous local community based organizations and activists – the City of Sacramento is now creating the Cannabis Opportunity, Reinvestment and Equity Program (CORE).  The purpose of the CORE program is to ensure that populations most harmed by marijuana arrests and jail sentences are able to participate and benefit in Sacramento’s legal cannabis industry. 

​THE RUMORS ARE NOT TRUE!  IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR BLACK PEOPLE, AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR, TO GET INTO SACRAMENTO'S $4 BILLION ANNUAL WEED INDUSTRY!!!   
Read more about the UPCOMING CONFERENCE CALL and a VERY IMPORTANT SURVEY below …….

UPCOMING CONFERENCE CALL
 
To get an update on the status of the CORE program, learn how you can tap cannabis business opportunities, and help ensure economic justice for communities devastated by the War on Drugs, please join us on a ZOOM web conference call:
 
Thursday, July 26th, 2018
5:30pm to 6:30pm
 
Thursday, August 2, 2018
5:30pm to 7:00pm

MARCH 24, 2017
SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER
1321 Garden Highway
​Sacramento, CA  95833​

The crisis of income inequality, gentrification and racial injustice demands urgent action to strengthen programs, businesses and policies that will build economic security in low income neighborhoods and communities of color. For numerous reasons, African American and Latino stakeholders must be empowered to access, lead and own the processes related to delivering the long-term solutions they need.

The California Urban Partnership's Community Investment Initiative and Summit provides a structured process that turns conversations, data driven ideas, energy and resources into successful outcomes.  More than a process, our collective impact Initiative provides technical assistance, capacity building and fund development support to organize dynamic partnership efforts that strengthen local programs, businesses and policy solutions. We anticipate the presence of business, community, youth, elected, education, health, government and philanthropic leaders and stakeholders from across California; convened to work in Action Teams, refine Action Plans and commit to specific implementation steps for long term joint venture projects focused on:
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  • Jobs & Wealth Creation
  • Education & Workforce Development
  • Healthy, Safe & Livable Communities
  • Community Outreach & Engagement