CannAtlantic Speaker Highlight: Saki Fenderson

Saki is an award-winning speaker, author and cannabis educator with almost a decade of experience providing resources for those looking to explore the wellness benefits of cannabis. She’ll be presenting New York’s State of State Cannabis report. Check our schedule to see when her panel is and be sure to register for our conference to participate!

Saki has been an outspoken advocate for legalization rooted in social and economic justice since 2013. Exploring the science, history and culture of Cannabis including the racist origins of cannabis prohibition and its use as a tool for suppressing communities of color spurred her advocacy and desire to educate and elevate. Saki hosts a monthly cannabis cooking class introducing audiences to the diversity of cooking with the plant and its myriad wellness-based applications.

She is also a founding member of New York Cannabis United, a trade organization committed to creating a fair and sustainable cannabis industry for all in New York State including pathway development to transition the pre-existing legacy market into the regulated industry.

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