Humboldt County Business Development Center Hosts First-Ever Workshop on Diversity & Accountability for the Humboldt Cannabis Industry
Press release from Humboldt County Business Development Center (HCBDC):
Humboldt County Business Development Center (HCBDC) has partnered with Cannaclusive to host the first-ever workshop on August 4 and August 11 on diversity and accountability in the cannabis industry designed specifically for Humboldt operators.
Natalynne DeLapp, Executive Director of Humboldt Community Business Development Center (HCBDC) has received multiple inquiries and expects a strong turnout. “This is the right thing to do,” she says. “We are at a collective moment in society to bring awareness to issues of great importance, and which should have been addressed yesterday. We’re excited to see our community meet the moment to learn and ensure that meaningful and long-lasting racial inclusivity is incorporated into our community.”
“We want to aid the Humboldt cannabis industry in understanding issues internally and externally when it comes to diversity, inclusion, and equity as part of relating to current strategies and improving business practices,” says Arlene Pitterson of Cannaclusive who will be presenting the training.
Pitterson is director of strategic partnerships and she connects brands to Cannaclusive’s mission of educating, advocating and promoting the business of cannabis, creating new ways for the industry to hold themselves accountable to diversity. She’s also a fierce advocate for Afrolatino issues and has been featured in Essence, Adage and Blossom TV.
The two-part training will stream live on Zoom and HCBDC’s facebook page on August 4 and August 11 at 6pm. Each session lasts 90 minutes. In the first week, Cannaclusive invites participants to review the state of agriculture hiring practices historically from a local and statewide perspective, and explore how to look at plans with a diversity hire perspective. The following week, Cannaclusive will present why diversity hires are good for business, and provide tips on how to look for funding for diversity hires.
Participation is free and the content will be made available on-demand on the HCBDC website.
To register for the workshop, go to https://www.hcbdc.org/events
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About the Humboldt Community Business Development Center
The mission of the Humboldt Community Business Development Center (HCBDC) is to increase prosperity in Humboldt County by supporting the development of Humboldt County alternative agriculture businesses and communities through education, economic, social and environmental protection and development, as well as brand strategies and marketing. Learn more at HCBDC.org.
This event is sponsored by a grant from the Headwaters Foundation for HCBDC’s Workforce Training Program.
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It’s hard to believe this isn’t from The Onion. Remember, comments on Mexican cartels are discriminatory!
HCGA and the HCBDC are very helpful entities for Humboldt’s cannabis industry,certainly great advocates and run by smart young energetic people. Something positive in these trying times for sure
It’s hard to see anything with Natalynne DeLapp’s name on it and take it as anything more than a snow job. Workshops and networking and “collective moments” full of …fancy words and bullshit.
the press release sure does go for gold in terms of using pc wording…not exactly sure what it means in terms of the drug trade, which is the very definition free market capitalism.
I would hardly say the HCBDC is “Positive” they are responsible for some of the most economically insane practices, and inflict prejudice and misinformation. They have extreme bias twards big Ag, and are at the forefront of ushering in extreme police state policies. I would hardly call that “conscious” or “progressive”.
We all saw Ms. Delapp turn to support major Corruption and corporations when it suited her. She has done nothing less to the cannabis community.. no matter how “woke” she presents herself to be…
Arlene Pittersons Workshop is a positive influence, for sure..
But.. It’s not just the agricultural hiring practices, it’s the whole way the states system is designed to lock out the very people and communities who had built the industry in the first place, of which the HCBDC had a BIG influence in promoting..
The struggle to enter California’s cannabis market: ‘So much heartache, so much pain’
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjqocvZmf3qAhVIIDQIHUrpAmoQFjALegQIERAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fcalifornia-divide%2F2020%2F07%2Fcalifornia-cannabis-market-black-minority-businesses-struggle%2F&usg=AOvVaw02bI7ViTMcE1UpGOrRV0_d