To become a coalition member of the Cannabis Social Equity Coalition - NYS, please sign the Coalition Agreement below and email it back to us. If you are a "Most Harmed" individual, please sign the "individual" form. If you are a community-based organization providing services in communities disproportionately impacted by marijuana drug laws, please sign the "organization" form. Also, for both individuals and community-based organizations, please provide us with a list of 20 people and 5 communities that are the “Most Harmed” using the following most harmed criteria:
Most Harmed Individual Criteria –
(a) is an African American or Latino
(b) is a member of a community disproportionately impacted by the enforcement of cannabis prohibition
(c) has an income lower than eighty percent of the median income of the county in which the applicant resides and
(d) was convicted of a marihuana-related offense prior to the effective date of this chapter, or had a parent, guardian, child, spouse, or dependent, or was a dependent of an individual who, prior to the effective date of this chapter, was convicted of a marihuana-related offense.
Most Harmed Community Criteria –
(a) communities with high rates of incarceration in comparison to incarceration rates from other communities within the surrounding city
(b) communities with inadequate healthcare systems
(c) communities with inadequate education systems (school to prison pipeline)
(d) communities with substandard housing
(e) communities with high unemployment rates
(f) communities that have been historically neglected.
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Cannabis Social Equity Coalition - NYS
Coalition Agreement
(Organization)
I ______________________________ am the ________________________________________ of
_______________________________. As the _______________________, I have the authority to enter
into collaboration agreements with other community organizations on behalf of __________________________.
___________________________ agrees with the advocacy and capacity building goals of the Cannabis Social
Equity Coalition - NYS. Accordingly, ________________________ agrees to be a member of the Cannabis Social
Equity Coalition - NYS. As a member of the Coalition, ____________________________ agrees to support the
mission of the Cannabis Social Equity Coalition - NYS as stated in its Mission Statement.
Sign: _______________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
Email: ______________________________________
Date: ___________________________
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Cannabis Social Equity Coalition - NYS
Coalition Agreement
(Individual)
I ______________________________ have been the “Most Harmed” by the marijuana drug laws in New York
State and by the broader War on Drugs policies dating back to the 1970’s. I am from ___________________, a
neighborhood in ______________________ New York disproportionately impacted by enforcement of cannabis
prohibitions in New York State. I agree with the advocacy and capacity building goals of the Cannabis Social Equity
Coalition - NYS. Accordingly, I agree to be a member of the Cannabis Social Equity Coalition - NYS. As a member of the
Coalition, I support the mission of the Cannabis Social Equity Coalition - NYS as stated in its Mission Statement and
support the fourteen (14) recommendations it made to the Governor and the Cannabis Control Board on September
28, 2021.
Sign: _______________________________________
Email: ______________________________________
Date: ___________________________
