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by Windy Borman | Mar 19, 2021 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes
Kaylene is a development finance specialist with over 25 years’ experience in both the private and public sectors in impact investing, access to finance, SME/Entrepreneurial financing, gender lens investing (GLI) and risk management. Over the course of her career, she...
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by Windy Borman | Feb 26, 2021 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes
Jazmin Hupp was the bell of the cannabis ball when she co-founded Women Grow in 2014. Women Grow grew ‘like a weed’ to connect 75,000 women at events in 60 cities. She was named a “genius entrepreneur” by Fortune Magazine and Forbes considered her one of the “top...
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by Windy Borman | Jun 5, 2019 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
The link between cannabis legalization and LGBTQIA+ rights is undeniable. Between 1981 and 1982, there were 290 reported cases of what we would eventually call Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). By 1989, there were 100,000 cases. Faced with this epidemic, and...
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by Windy Borman | May 24, 2019 | Mary Janes Blog, Screening Tips
“When I first saw ‘Mary Janes: The Women of Weed’, I thought every one of my patients and fellow healthcare workers should see this film. Now I know EVERYONE should see it! Who runs the world?!” On April 20, 2019, Dr. Felecia L. Dawson hosted a sold-out...
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by Windy Borman | May 24, 2019 | Mary Janes Blog, Screening Tips
“I had no idea there was so much interest, support, and curiosity for women in cannabis. It was amazing. We need more of this!” On March 8, 2019, Tali Eisenberg hosted the Oakland Premiere of “Mary Janes: The Women of Weed”. As the founder of Geter Done...
