MADISON: With now only 33 days remaining to pass the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act as of this writing, efforts to move this critical piece of health care legislation are escalating.
On Monday evening in Madison, March 22, JRMMA supporters will be gathering at the Wil-Mar Center at 7pm for a meeting of the Madison chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Wil-Mar Center is located at 953 Jenifer St. Madison NORML, founded in 2004, has been a center of state medical cannabis activism since its formation, meeting twice monthly on Madison’s East Side.
EVERY CITY WITH A WALMART should have a Walmart Protest / Support the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act on Saturday March 27th, 2010 starting at noon in their home town. Make your own and bring your own signs, bring your neighbors, bring your neighbors neighbors, bring your friends, tell your senator and state assembly rep to come out.
Take a picture of your rally group in front of the Walmart, try to get a picture of the WALMART store / sign itself in the background, be creative, be unique, be crazy, but have a mission!
Find out who your local reps are and get people to flood their office’s with phone calls of support!
Come back and post your pictures on the AB 554 Wall and the one(s) I think are the best will receive something very meaningful!
THE PHOTO CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY. Now go and make us proud!
Madison: State medical cannabis activists have established a daily presence at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison to push for passage of the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act as the 2009-2010 legislative session winds down. There is a real sense of urgency and interest in the bill that extends from rural townships and villages across the state to the largest cities to people watching from around the country. A vast coalition of people across the state are getting involved, enlisting others and doing whatever they can to get the JRMMA passed: “This Bill, This Time!”
MADISON: A statewide “Day of Prayer for Compassion” was announced Thursday by Gary Storck, president of Wisconsin NORML and director of communications of Is My Medicine Legal YET? (IMMLY).
The Day of Prayer for Compassion is scheduled for Tuesday March 23. The popular Facebook page, Wisconsin Residents for Assembly Bill 554 noted the following on an event page for the Day of Prayer: