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I’m catching up and preparing for the Boston Freedom Rally which kicked off moments ago on the Boston Common! I’ve had a very hard time with focus and getting ready for this event. And I learned a valuable lesson this week…when you’re a Momma…DO NOT COUNT ON HAVING ANY TIME TO PREPARE FOR ANYTHING! USE WHAT TIME YOU HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE IT. Your little may need all of that time and you will be limping to the finish line.
So anyway…I will be there and I will do the very best I can! But folks, I gotta go. Gotta get back to that prep!
Here’s an article that discusses the music act lineup! https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/boston/boston-freedom-rally-2017-when-where-and-the-lineup
Here’s the Education Village Schedule – That’s where you’ll find me! Hope to see you there! As always dear readers – much love, many hugs. Namaste <3
P.S. I’ll be speaking for a few minutes on the Parkman Bandstand – Stage 2 on Sunday, September 17th at 2:50pm.
Panel Schedule
| Friday | Panels |
| Time | Topic |
| 6:30 PM | Backcountry Yoga at the BFR |
| Live Acoustic Yoga | |
| Friday, 6:30pm |
| Saturday | Panels |
| Time | Topic/panelists |
| 12:00 PM | CannaFamily Values |
| Moderator | Donna Hackett |
| Robert Marcelonis | |
| Samantha Marcelonis | |
| Paula Renee Elferus | |
| Don Fusco | |
| 1:00 PM | Veterans |
| Moderator | Bobby West (Uncle Stoner) |
| Sara Stenuf | |
| Dakota Blue Serna (Colin Dakota) | |
| Mike Whiter | |
| David Duhart | |
| Brian Austin | |
| 2:00 PM | Extractions |
| Moderator | Bobby Nuggz |
| Mila Jansen | |
| Addison Demoulas | |
| Jonah Tacoma | |
| Kyle Correao | |
| Sean Black | |
| Tyler Brides | |
| Brett Sack | |
| 3:00 PM | CTE’s and Head Traumas |
| Moderator | Dr Uma Dhanabalan |
| Bob Lobel | |
| Mikey Adams | |
| Dr Greg LaBranche | |
| 3:30 PM | Smoke ‘n Flow with Gabby! |
| Yoga On grassy knoll (with 4:20!) | |
| 4:00 PM | Hemp |
| Moderator | John Dvorak |
| Joy Beckerman | |
| Dr Erik Hunter | |
| Ras Iyah V | |
| Alan Bachers – UMass Hemp Initiative | |
| 5:00 PM | Hemp Fashion Show |
| 6:00 PM | Speaker Mixer |
| Illegally Alive: The Movie | |
| Panels | Sunday |
| Time | Topic/panelists |
| 12:00 PM | Current Cannabis Law |
| Moderator | Andy Gaus |
| Alex Mendez | |
| Shanel Lindsay | |
| Will Luzier | |
| Richard Evans | |
| Jackson Hall | |
| 1:00 PM | Entrepreneurship and Joining the Cannabis Industry |
| Moderator | Cara Crabb Burnham |
| Bill Downing | |
| Tiffany Hogan | |
| Joseph Gilmore | |
| Laura Boehner | |
| 2:00 PM | From Prohibition to the New Local Economy: How to Start Your Own Cannabis Co-operative |
| Moderator | Sonia Espinosa |
| Linda Noel | |
| Mathew Libby | |
| Kathryn Rifkin | |
| Paul Brennan | |
| Miguel Cordon | |
| 3:00 PM | Local Control: Community Involvement in the Cannabis Industry |
| Moderator | Joe Gilmore (Students for Sensible Drug Policy) |
| Kamani Jefferson (Massachusetts Recreational Consumer Council) | |
| Marion McNabb (Cannabis Community Care and Research Network) | |
| Paul Brennan (New England Grass Roots Institute) | |
| 4:00 PM | Advancing Science related to medical Cannabis to create a Center of Excellence in the Commonwealth |
| Moderator | Marion McNabb, PhD DPH |
| Dr Uma Dhanabalan | |
| Michael Latulippe | |
| Nichole Snow | |
| 5:00 PM | Veteran’s Issues |
| Chris Foye | |
| Ellen Brown | |
| Kyle (Elmo) Corrao | |
| TBA |
Presentations
| Friday | Presentation |
| time | Tent 1 |
| 300 | Alex Mendez Lawyer and Senate Candidate |
| 400 | Jennifer Grue – Muffin’s Apothocary |
| 500 | Laura Beohner – The Healing Rose |
| 600 | |
| time | Tent 2 |
| 315 | Kyle Corrao (Elmo) Homegrown Healthcare |
| 415 | Gerald Azenaro – Fogg Flavor Labs (Terpenes) |
| 515 | Power Grow Jeff Wheeler |
| 615 | Perry Bailes (GrowUltraCool.com) – Grow Room Safety and Success |
| time | Tent 3 |
| 300 | Kamani Jefferson – Mass Rec Consumer Council |
| 400 | Beth Waterfall – Women Grow |
| 500 | John Dvorak – Hemp |
| 600 | Pete Tranchemontagne – How to Get a Bill passed |
| time | Tent 4 |
| 315 | Steven Hager/Busy Bee (music) |
| 415 | Coltyn Turner (Illegally Alive) and Family |
| 515 | Laura Notini – Intro to Cooking with Cannabis |
| 615 | Sonia Espinosa – MRCC |
| Saturday | Presentations |
| time | Tent 1 |
| 1200 | Steven Hager/Busy Bee |
| 100 | Hon Diane Russell – Candidate for Maine Governorship |
| 200 | Coltyn Turner (Illegally Alive) and Family |
| 300 | Ras Iyah V and Professor Charles Nesson |
| 400 | Holly Alberti – Evans – Healthy Headie |
| 500 | Yvonne Kemp – Edibles and Extractions |
| 600 | Dr. Greg LaBranche – Cannabis and opiod addiction |
| time | Tent 2 |
| 1215 | Power Grow Jeff Wheeler |
| 115 | Sensimilla Seminars – Ellen Taylor Brown |
| 215 | Gerald Azenaro – Fogg Flavor Labs (Terpenes) |
| 315 | Spiro Regas – Cannabis Business Opportunities |
| 415 | Vanessa Marie Graber – Half Baked Radio |
| 515 | Perry Bailes (GrowUltraCool.com) – Grow Room Safety and Success |
| 615 | UMass CRC – Robin Striar |
| time | Tent 3 |
| 1200 | Addison DeMoura – Steep Hill/Advanced Nutrients “Organic Alternatives to Pesticides” |
| 100 | John Dvorak – Hemp |
| 200 | Alan Bachers (UMass Hemp Initiative and Erik Hunter, PHD (HEMP) |
| 300 | Michael Latulippe – MPAA – Patient Concerns for Advisory Board |
| 400 | Sandra Thibodeau – CannaBizOps |
| 500 | Marion McNabb, DrPH, MPH (C3RN) Soil Home Grow Demonstration panel |
| 600 | Daniel Fishman – WRKO Liberty on the Air |
| time | Tent 4 |
| 1215 | Dan Johnson – We Do Better/Tax Revolution Institute |
| 115 | Scott Churchill – MCR Labs |
| 215 | Carolyn Kaufman – Without The Weight (MS patient) |
| 315 | Steve Bloom – Freedom Leaf Magazine |
| 415 | Marissa Fratoni – Cannabis Nurse |
| 515 | Laura Notini – Introduction to Dabbing safety |
| 615 | |
| Sunday | Presentations |
| time | Tent 1 |
| 1200 | Steven Hager/Busy Bee |
| 100 | Ras Iyah V and Professor Nesson |
| 200 | Coltyn Turner (Illegally Alive) and Family |
| 300 | Marissa Fratoni – Cannabis Nurse |
| 400 | Laura Beohner – The Healing Rose |
| 500 | Melissa Bouchard – Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center |
| 600 | Terry Hopper – WPKN Radio (on College Radio Activism). |
| time | Tent 2 |
| 1215 | Mathew Kipp – Crucial Biology |
| 115 | Holly Alberti – Evans – Healthy Headie |
| 215 | Gerald Azenaro – Fogg Flavor Labs (Terpenes) |
| 315 | Sandra Thibodeau – CannaBizOps |
| 415 | Peter Bernard – Mass Growers Advocacy Council |
| 515 | Pam Staley – Cannapages |
| 615 | Gabriela Cartagena |
| time | Tent 3 |
| 1200 | Jennifer Grue – Muffin’s Apothecary |
| 100 | Jeff Herman – Former United Nations. |
| 200 | Mike Khan – MCR Labs |
| 300 | Shanel Lindsay – Ardent |
| 400 | Beth Waterfall – Women Grow |
| 500 | Kamani Jefferson – Mass Rec Consumer Council |
| 600 | Kyle Corrao (Elmo) Homegrown Healthcare |
| time | Tent 4 |
| 1215 | Mila Jansen – Dab a Doo |
| 115 | Chris Goldstein Veteran/Philly NORML |
| 215 | Brett Cogill – Greenleaf Magazine |
| 325 | Mike Crawford – The Young Jurks |
| 415 | Pete Tranchemontagne – How to Get a Bill passed |
| 515 | |
| 615 |