In Partnership with The Stranger & The Cloud Room
Goodship Higher Education featuring Alison Holcomb
A Heady Lecture Series Under Heady Influence
Wed, Oct 12, 2016 from 7pm - 10pm
- 21+
- No consumption of cannabis on venue premises
- You're invited to come "pre-boarded" on the Goodship
The Goodship Company invites you to our October lecture of the Fall 2016 series of Goodship Higher Education featuring Alison Holcomb on The Art of the Possible: Drug Policy and Criminal Justice Reform as Case Studies in Changing the World.
EVENT DETAILS
Speaker: Alison Holcomb
Topic: The Art of the Possible: Drug Policy and Criminal Justice Reform as Case Studies in Changing the World
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Doors: 7:00pm
Lecture: 8:00pm
Location: The Cloud Room, 4th Floor of Chophouse Row: 1424 11th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
The Ask: Please come "pre-boarded" (have previously consumed marijuana) & bring your ID (21+ for admission)
NEW! Optional Donation Ticket: For this lecture, we are pleased to announce the opportunity for attendees to purchase either a standard ticket for $20, or a Donation ticket for $40, and $20 of each ticket proceeds will be donated to University Beyond Bars. To learn more about University Beyond Bars and way to get involved, please visit http://www.universitybeyondbars.org.
ABOUT THE SERIES
In partnership with the Stranger and the Cloud Room, Goodship Higher Education presents intimate conversations with some of our regions most brilliant minds, covering topics from space travel to re-animation to modernist cuisine. Our goal is to present some of the most innovative, mind-bending, revolutionary and extraordinary ideas happening in art, technology, science and philosophy. And we encourage both the audience and speakers to hop “on the Goodship” (aka have previously consumed marijuana). We look at the world through a different lens when high, and we think that it is a fun and enlightening experiment to partner altered states with big ideas.
ABOUT THE LECTURE, THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE: DRUG POLICY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AS CASE STUDIES IN CHANGING THE WORLD
Just ten years ago, only 36% of Americans supported legalizing marijuana. Now, California, the sixth largest economy in the world, is poised to join the ranks of Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Alaska, and Uruguay in substituting regulation for prohibition. The prospect of new tax revenue certainly has played a role in shifting American and international attitudes toward cannabis. But an increasing awareness of the criminal justice system's limitations as a tool for addressing social challenges has played an even larger one.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER, ALISON HOLCOMB
Alison Holcomb is a policy advocate and campaign director with the American Civil Liberties Union. She was lead author of Initiative Measure No. 502, legalizing cannabis under Washington state law, and directed the campaign that secured its passage. I-502’s victory has afforded Holcomb multiple opportunities to share experiences, information, and ideas with government officials and civil society advocates across the U.S. and in several countries considering drug policy reforms—including Uruguay, the first country to legalize cannabis.
In 2014, Holcomb joined the staff of the national ACLU to launch and direct its Campaign for Smart Justice, focused on erasing the United States’ disgraceful distinction of leading the world in incarcerating people. This work drew her focus to the South, and she is currently serving as Senior Adviser to Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform’s “Yes on 780+781” campaign while also guiding the ACLU of Washington’s efforts to secure legislative repeal of the death penalty.
Holcomb’s prior work has included collaboration on the creation of Seattle and King County’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program and the adoption of Washington’s 911 Good Samaritan overdose prevention law. Before joining the ACLU, Holcomb defended the accused in state and federal courts for more than a decade. She received her B.A. from Stanford University and her J.D. from the University of Washington.
ABOUT THE GOODSHIP
The Goodship is a maker of legal, recreational cannabis-infused edibles. Owned by Jody Hall, the founder of Seattle's most celebrated collection of cupcake bakeries and cafes, Cupcake Royale, The Goodship brings decades of experience and great taste to their baked goods, chocolate, and confection. And of course, a great high! To find out more about The Goodship and the Higher Education series, visit www.thegoodship.com/higher-education.
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