"Grandma" Kay Lee, co-founder of the original Journey For Justice, has been reporting on J4J number 7 on her webpages.
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/bikeride
http://j4j7.info
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/bikeride
http://j4j7.info
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Rebecca Saltzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:16:08 -0700
From: Rebecca Saltzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [asa-ca] ASA CA Weekly Alert
Action Alert
1) Help Journey for Justice Continue Cross-Country Medical Marijuana Bike Ride!
ASA Chapter Meetings
2) Saturday, July 1st, Yuba City: Yuba-Sutter ASA Meeting
3) Saturday, July 1st, Modesto: Central Valley Patients Coalition
4) Thursday, July 6th, Guerneville: Sonoma ASA Meeting
5) Tuesday, July 11th, San Diego: SD ASA Meeting
6) Tuesday, July 11th, San Francisco: SF ASA Meeting
7) Thursday, July 13th, Fullerton: Orange County ASA Meeting
8) Thursday, July 13th, Sacramento: Sac ASA Meeting
City & County Hearings
9) Tuesday, July 11th, Bakersfield: Kern County Board of Supervisors to Vote on Dispensary Regulations
10) Tuesday, July 11th, Fremont: City Council to Vote on Banning Dispensaries
Court Support
11) Monday, July 17th, Sacramento: Court Support for Bryan Epis
Special Events
12) Saturday, July 1st, Oakland: Greeting Celebration for the Journey for Justice @ the Bulldog Coffee Shop
13) Friday, July 7th: 420 Report Radio Show hosted by Ed Rosenthal
Action Alert
1) Help Journey for Justice Continue Cross-Country Medical Marijuana Bike Ride!
Ken Locke is the recipient of a $500 grant from ASA, which has helped him get this far along his journey. Now he needs your support. Please help out if you can.
You can read more about Ken's journey & story in ASA's February Newsletter (scroll to the end of the newsletter).
A message from Mark Pedersen:
This is Mark Pedersen. I am a member of Journey For Justice Seven. I am writing to you on behalf of Ken Locke and crew. Journey for Justice is currently made up of three people, Ken Locke, the founder of this journey and our lead biker, Tony Ball, biker and support truck driver, and myself, support truck driver and tech. person.
The purpose of our cross-country bicycle trip has several facets. Our primary goal is Kens personal medical test to either prove or disprove cannabis as a viable preventative for seizures.
Ken sustained a life-threatening injury in 2001, when he was struck in the head by a nine foot tree limb that had fallen 80 feet from the top of a tree he was cutting down. His injury caused him to be prone to seizures and forced him to take prescription drugs that were virtually as dangerous as the seizures, themselves. After a difficult year of trying to cope with the side effects of the prescription meds and several severe seizures, Ken spoke to his doctor, then flushed his pharmaceuticals and started a cannabis-only regiment. That was four years ago, and he has not had a seizure since.
Ken has undertaken this grueling, physically punishing journey to either prove or disprove the medicinal value of cannabis to prevent seizures, even under the harsh conditions we have faced over the last two months. This test achieved a whole new level when he suffered low blood-oxygen in Fairplay, Colorado. The doctors in the emergency room were amazed that not only had he not suffered any seizures from the ordeal, but his lungs were amazingly clear for a cigarette smoker. Beyond a doubt, whether Ken makes it to San Francisco or not, this goal has by far been met.
Our secondary goal is to bring awareness to the plight of the medical cannabis patient and to educate any and all who would listen concerning the truth behind all the lies our government has been circulating. As we have traveled, we have spoken with newspaper, radio, and television news media. We have spoken to thousands along the way and been overwhelmed by the 98% approval by the general public. Along the way, I have been conducting video testimonies from medical patients, their families, and their care givers. Our goal is to place these testimonies on our website for open viewing and to provide them wherever they might do the most good.
We have journeyed 2800 miles across this country, from Charleston, South Carolina to Sacramento, California, where we are right now. We have done so without regard to our personal safety, to benefit those without a voice, the chronically and terminally ill, who rely on cannabis as their medicine. We are currently here in Sacramento. We are 91 miles from our goal, the beaches of San Francisco.
As of five days ago, what little grassroots support we were receiving dried up. As of today, we have only $35 to get the three of us and our support vehicles down the road, wherever we might find sanctuary. We were told that once we reached California that we would have sanctuary, and yet, we had not been in this campground two hours before we were hassled by the police and forced to submit to sobriety test.
We are tired and at our wits end. Though San Francisco is near, it is no longer an issue for us. We are now at the point where we must address our own personal survival. Please help us financially and please help us get the word out that we need help.
We can be reached on the road at:
Ken Locke 828-506-0659
Mark Pedersen 314-422-4524
Our website is: http://www.j4j.info
Thank you.
ASA Chapter Meetings
2) Saturday, July 1st, Yuba City: Yuba-Sutter ASA Meeting
Our regular Yuba-Sutter ASA Meetings will now be held at Clark Avenue Coffees of Yuba City. The ASA meetings will be held on the back patio area. Plenty of parking too! (Weather permitting, the meetings may be moved inside due to heat or cold)
Our regular, ongoing meetings will now be held on the first and third Saturday of each month. The meetings will begin at 2:15 PM and end at 4:20 PM. The address is 101 Clark Avenue, Yuba City, CA 95991
For further information please call: 530-844-1795 or email us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3) Saturday, July 1st, Modesto: Central Valley Patients Coalition
The CVPC will meet on Saturday July 1st at 1:00 PM. Location: 4213 McHenry Ave, Suite F, Modesto California, 95354. Agenda items will include: Election of officers, group organizing, defending care providers, court support, local ordinances, and more. For additional information, contact Nick Osborne at 209-261-8324 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
4) Thursday, July 6th, Guerneville: Sonoma ASA Meeting
When: Thursday at 7:30pm
Where: Marvins Gardens 15025 River Road (towards Guerneville)
Come check out Sonomas chapter of Americans for Safe Access. Weve got a lot to go over this month, dispensary regulations and plant guidelines are being discussed county wide. Patients, supporters, caregivers and friends are welcome to come share their opinions on what should happen locally. More info 707-332-6556
5) Tuesday, July 11th, San Diego: SD ASA Meeting
Our San Diego chapter of ASA has been busy lately and needs you to get involved. It is time to get involved and protect safe access!
For more info about the chapter, please visit their site: http://sdasa.4mg.com/index.html
Twiggs Coffee House
4590 Park Blvd.
In the Green Room
7:00-8:00 p.m.
6) Tuesday, July 11th, San Francisco: SF ASA Meeting
It's more important than ever that San Francisco patients join together to ensure regulations that protect patients' access, rights and privacy. Join SF ASA to plan for the future of medical cannabis in San Francisco.
7:00 p.m
San Francisco Woman's Building
3543 18th Street #8
Room B
For more info, call Alex: 415-794-1543
7) Thursday, July 13th, Fullerton: Orange County ASA Meeting
Orange County ASA is beginning to meet again and we need your support! Please come to discuss local law enforcement problems and campaigns to address this and other issues.
Thursday, June 15th @ 7 p.m.
1520 Commonwealth Avenue
Fullerton (next to tattoo shop)
For info, contact Adam: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 949 246 9395
8) Thursday, July 13th, Sacramento: Sac ASA Meeting
Sacramento ASA has begun meeting again and they're busy strategizing on ways to effect local, state and national policies.
The Sacramento medical marijuana community was once extremely active with Americans for Safe Access. Sac ASA met regularly, organized a huge rally for Bryan Epis at the Capitol, and did all they could to protect patients' rights.
Patients and advocates in the Sacramento area are coming together again to reinvigorate ASA. Please join them at their bi-weekly meetings:
Thursday @ 6:00 p.m.
Capitol Wellness Collective
2400 14th Street, Sacramento
Patients and non-patients are welcome. This is a great opportunity to get involved with ASA and to work on both local and national campaigns.
For more information, please call 916-325-9000.
City & County Hearings
9) Tuesday, July 11th, Bakersfield: Kern County Board of Supervisors to Vote on Dispensary Regulations
The Kern County Board of Supervisors will be voting on an ordinance regulating medical cannabis dispensing collectives in unincorporated Kern County. The original proposed ordinance included dangerous provisions allowing the Sheriff's Department free access to patient and financial records. ASA has won important concessions since this hearing, and overall, the proposed ordinance is one of the more progressive ordinances in the state. The new positive provisions include:
-- No caps on the number of dispensaries
-- An allowance for on-site consumption
-- Only visual access to dispensary records, without a warrant
-- An allowance for on-site cultivation
There are still concerns about law enforcement's ability to access patient records. Please attend the next hearing to speak in support of dispensaries and ask for the protection of patient confidentiality.
Tuesday, July 11th at 9:00am
Kern County Administration Center
1115 Truxtun Avenue in Bakersfield
Call (661) 873-1703 for more information
10) Tuesday, July 11th, Fremont: City Council to Vote on Banning Dispensaries
The City of Fremont currently has a moratorium on dispensaries. Last night, the Planning Commission voted unanimously to permanently ban dispensaries, and on the 11th, the full Council will vote on the issue.
Patients & advocates are encouraged to speak to the City Council. Tell them how important dispensaries are to patients!
Please download ASA talking points on dispensary regulations, moratoriums & bans.
7:00p.m Council Champers,
3300 Capitol Avenue Fremont
Court Support
11) Monday, July 17th, Sacramento: Court Support for Bryan Epis
Status hearing at 9:30am before Judge Frank C. Damrell, Jr. in U.S. District Court, 15th Floor at 501 "I" Street in Sacramento. Bryan was the first medical marijuana patient convicted in federal court after the passage of Californias Proposition 215. Bryan was arrested June 25, 1997, after Butte County sheriff's officers discovered marijuana plants growing in the basement of his home in Chico. Bryan was released on bail August 9, 2004, pending his appeal. He currently awaits resentencing by the District Court.
Special Events
12) Saturday, July 1st, Oakland: Greeting Celebration for the Journey for Justice @ the Bulldog Coffee Shop
Oakland July 1st - The Bulldog Coffee Shop is hosting a greeting celebration for Journey for Justice, who are completing their transcontinental bike raid in protest of marijuana prohibition. A reception & press conference will be held at 12 noon, Sat. July 1st, at the Bulldog, 1737 Broadway, Oakland.
13) Friday, July 7th: 420 Report Radio Show hosted by Ed Rosenthal
The 420 Report airs on KPFA - 94.1 FM Noon 1:00pm (typically the show airs the last Friday of the month, but summer dates will vary.)
The show features cannabis news, interviews with activists and policy makers, and musical insights from Ed Rosenthal. Call in comments are welcomed.
For anyone who cannot tune in on Friday, you can still hear the show online at kpfa.org. Also the show will be archived at www.kpfa.org under Livingroom, July 7, 2006-- Rebecca Saltzman Field Coordinator Americans for Safe Access p (510) 251-1856 x 308 f (510) 251-2036 www.safeaccessnow.org____________________________________________________________
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