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Aware that your business should be doing more to support marginalized communities but still not sure where to start? We’ve partnered with Hall of Flowers to host a day of educational panels and conversations to help you take the next steps. Listen to leaders of color across the industry share insights in their backgrounds, ways we can move forward as a community and create a industry that is truly inclusive to all.
 
TOPICS & SPEAKERS"Accountability Into Action" Kassia Graham (Cannaclusive) and Maggie Connors (besito),"Diversity Matters"Guy Rocurt (Papa & Barkley), Al Harrington (Viola Brands) and Reese Benton (Posh Green Retail)"A Female Plant | A Female Conversation" Kimberly Dillon (Frigg Wellness) and Dr. Rachel Knox"Latinx and Asian Voices in Cannabis" Mario Guzman (Sherbinskis) and Christine Yi (Potli)"Life After Sports"Al Harrington (Viola Brands) and Chris Ball (Ball Family Farms)

On this episode of MARY Radio, we speak with Bianca Blanche, a cannabis advocate born in New York City and raised in the Dominican Republic, who found her love for cannabis and move to Los Angeles as the cannabis industry was rapidly growing to explore a career as a bud tender over 5yrs ago.With her experience, she helped open up the first cannabis cafe in America as one of their flower host in the heart of downtown Los Angeles and has pursue other passions such as writing for several media outlets, including MARY and appeared on The Today Show and Howard Stern Show.We explore what’s it like to be a bud tender, then and now, what life lessons she’s learned throughout her career and what’s next for her on this episode.

On this episode of MARY Radio, we speak with Buck Angel, co-founder to Pride Wellness, a cannabis brand dedicated to the LGBT community to educate about the use of cannabis as an alternative to pharmaceutical drugs. Buck's mission is to inspire people to re-define gender and to foster a new generation as they discover the fluidity of sexuality and navigate gender politics. He and his partner, Leon Mostovoy both believe in natural medicine and the amazing benefits that cannabis has to long-term health. Buck travels the world spreading his message of self-love, compassion and exploring how to live authentically in your own body and we’re excited to speak with him for this episode.

Christine Yi and Felicity Chen are the co-founders of Potli, a popular and favored cannabis edible brand. Potli began producing infused honey from bees from the San Francisco region and has now grown to introduce several other items to fill your pantry. These two best friends share their story on how they began, why honey and the importance of bees and what it’s like to juggle working in both the cannabis and hemp sector of the industry.

Guy Rocourt is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Papa & Barkley, a leading California cannabis wellness company. At P&B, Guy is responsible for product innovation, optimizing production practices, ensuring the company complies with rigorous testing and lab standards, and developing the product road map as the brand expands into different areas of the cannabis marketplace. 
We chat with Guy about the origins of the brand, how they became the #1 topicals brand in California and what's next for Papa & Barkley. 

Looking for a more eclectic mix of tunes for your holidays? MARY introduces its first holiday music mix with the help of Neil Nice to present a 2-hour compilation of jazz, funk, soul, reggae, r&b and hip hop in "Hooray for Holidaze" to get you in the holiday spirit. Get your favorite ugly sweater, get the egg nog ready and grab that special someone and pull them under that mistletoe and enjoy. Happy Holidays friends!