ADVOCACY

Overpolicing and systemic racism has disenfranchised communities of color and excluded them from the industry.

Only 4.3% of the industry is owned by Black people.
Lack of access to capital, real estate, and technical assistance are the main barriers to success
More Social Equity programs need to be funded

Supernova Women has been boots on the ground, advocating at every level of government.

LOCAL / MUNICIPAL WORK

OAKLAND

Worked in partnership with Oakland to develop the country’s first Social Equity Program
Ran the first paid cannabis Workforce Development Program in the nation- made possible by Oakland's Social Equity funding and community support. Each participant in the program has been affected by the War on Drugs in their community.

SAN FRANCISCO

Worked in partnership with San Francisco to establish a social equity program
Worked in coalition with Hood Incubator, Beyond Equity, and OCEP to reduce taxes for small cannabis businesses and social equity businesses

STATE OF CALIFORNIA:

Worked in partnership with Senator Steven Bradford’s office to develop CA SB1294 –California’s Cannabis Equity Act of 2018
No Drug War v2 Rally & Press Conference for tax reform yields national media attention on California’s cannabis system

NATIONAL

Developed the Social Equity Impact Report to inform government leadership of the benefits of forming healthy social equity programs