Washington Citizens for Hemp Reform are proud to bring you the first ever
Seattle Hemp Symposium.
Thursday, August 21st
Noon to 7:30
Friday, August 22nd
Noon to 9:00
Seattle Central Community College and Broadway Performance Hall
Come see numerous national and regional speakers discuss the following
topics. All times and topics subject to change.
Particpate online with IRC and RealAudio!
Check this page regularly for updates!
Getting There
DIRECTIONS FROM INTERSTATE 5 NORTHBOUND - Take Olive Street exit (under the Washington State Convention and Trade Center) and follow Olive Way east to Denny Street and turn right. Go up the hill and turn right on Broadway. Follow Broadway south to Pine, turn right, and go one block west to the Parking Garage located at Harvard and Pine.
DIRECTIONS FROM INTERSTATE 5 SOUTHBOUND, INCLUDING FROM SEATAC AIRPORT -
Take Denny Way exit and go straight through the first light. At the second light, turn left onto Denny Way. Follow Denny Way east to Broadway. Turn right, and follow Broadway south to Pine. Turn right onto Pine and go one block to the garage located at Harvard and Pine.
Symposium Schedule
- Thursday -- August 21st
Noon - 1:30: Introductions:
1:30 - 3:00: Retail Hemp Industry. Discussion on Washington's booming
retail hemp business
Guest Speakers:
Cory Brown, Fremont Hemp Company
Washington Hemp Company
Tom Gluck, Fred Martin and others, Belltown Hempery
Washington Hemp Mercantile
3:00 - 4:30: Marijuana and the Law
Guest Speakers:
Jeffrey Steinborn, Renowned Seattle attorney and author of
"Marijuana, the Law and You"
Mike Kipling, ACLU Washington Board Member speaking on the issue of Drug testing policy for Seattle City Employees
Nora Callahan, November Coalition
4:30 - 6:00: Regional Action
Discussion on how reasoned debate is winning over newspapers from the New York Times to the Spokane Review
Guest Speakers:
Allison Bigelow, Media Awareness Project
Tom Rohan
6:00 - 7:30: Online activism
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Friday -- August 22nd
Noon - 1:30: Political Activism
Guest Speakers:
Jimmy Matheson, Media Island, Olympia, WA
Tom Rohan, State Coordinator of
HIP-WS and Initiative 197
1:30 - 3:00: Medical Marijuana
Guest Speakers:
Martin Martinez, Green Cross Patient
Carolyn Ramamurti, Attorney at Law
Joanna McKee, Green Cross Patient
3:00 - 4:30: Industrial Hemp
Guest Speakers:
Peter Shannon, Island Hemp Company (Hawaii)
Manastash, Hemp Wholesale and Manufacturing
Cory Brown, Fremont Hemp Company
Skagit County Industrial Hemp Association
Allison Bigelow, Washington Hemp Company
4:30 - 6:00: Marijuana and AIDS
Guest Speakers:
Steve Johnson,
NW AIDS Foundation
Tom Flint, Associate Editor of Seattle Gay News
Terry Kennedy, AIDS Activist
7:00 - 9:00:
Special Evening Address - Broadway Performance Hall
Ralph Seeley, Medical Marijuana patient and lawyer
Dana Larsen, Editor of Cannabis Canada
Don Wirtshafter, Owner of Ohio Hempery
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