ADVOCATES, CITY OFFICIALS TO ANNOUNCE PROGRESS ON EFFORTS TO EXPUNGE THOUSANDS OF MARIJUANA-RELATED RECORDS IN TUCSON
On Thursday, April 18, Vice Mayor Kevin Dahl will join the Tucson City Prosecutor’s Office and the Reclaim Your Future campaign at El Presidio Plaza to announce the exciting progress made to expunge thousands of marijuana-related records in Tucson in a joint news conference ahead of the annual 420 international cannabis holiday.
Partner Profile – Andy Silverman
Andy Silverman is the Joseph M. Livermore Professor of Law Emeritus at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He also serves as the director of the UArizona Civil Rights Restoration Clinic (CRRC), a Reclaim Your Future coalition partner, which he and former Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild founded in 2006.
Partner Profile – Josh Eisenstein
Josh Eisenstein leads the marijuana expungement and rights restoration team at Community Legal Services (CLS) in Phoenix, a partner organization of the Reclaim Your Future campaign. And as a vital coalition partner, Josh is on a mission of empowerment and second chances.
Expunging Marijuana Offenses through Community Collaboration
In an effort to address the lingering consequences of marijuana-related convictions, the Reclaim Your Future campaign recently spearheaded an Outreach Blitz in collaboration with two prominent community organizations—The Network-Phoenix Social Collective and the Arizona State University Cannabis Legal Association (CLA).