2010 Midwest Regional SSDP Conference Program

Hotel: Days Inn, Kent Ohio Phone: 330-677-9400 Address: 4422 Edson Road, Kent, Ohio 44240 Kent State Student Center 1075 Risman Drive Kent, Ohio 44240 Professors Pub 110 E. Main Street Kent, Ohio 44240 Tom/Angel’s House 1903 Brady Lake Rd Kent, Ohio 44240 Chris’s House 503 Lake Street Kent, Ohio 44240

Tom’s Phone Number (President) 330-651-7531 Emily’s Phone Number (Vice President) 330-701-1254 Angel’s Phone Number (Treasurer) 216-832-1401

2010 Midwest Regional

SSDP Conference

NOV 13 ­ 14, 2010 Hosted by Kent State SSDP

Caitlin’s Phone Number (Secretary) 440-655-0541 Lyana’s Phone Number (Historian) 410-299-9899 Stacia Cosner (SSDP Outreach Director) 410-299-3433

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10­10:30 Keynote Address

10:45­12 Breakout Session 1

Ohio State Rep. Kenny Yuko (D) 7th District (Room 306) Rep. Yuko is now the Ranking Member of the House Commerce and Labor Committee. He also serves on the Criminal Justice, Health and Local/Municipal Government & Urban Revi­ talization committees. He was responsible for introducing House Bill 478 this year in Ohio’s state legislature, which would legalize and regulate medical marijuana.

Know Your Rights (Room 317) Stacia Cosner (SSDP) Howard Rahtz (LEAP)

7 - 9 pm SSDP Only Dinner

Pasta with: Hemp Pesto, Marinara Sauce Potato Salad from Plant Kingdom Bakery Vegetable Trays Vegan Deserts

Harm Reduction (Room 306) Dr. John Sobroro Dean Jarvie Chris Krueger

9 - 2 am Concert at Professor’s

Concert at Professor’s ($3 for 18­20) ­Professor Greenhouse ­Tomorrow at 12 ­Aliver Hall ­With live painting by Justin Roberts (http://www.facebook.com/JRobertsArt) Safe rides home provided by Be My DD.

Injustice in the Drug War (Room 306) Howard Rahtz Mike Lizewski

1:30­2:30 Lunch (On Your Own) Available Discussion: How to Effectively use Technology in Advocacy (Room 306) Garret Overstreet

2:45­4:00 Breakout Session 3

4:15­5:30 Closing Plenary

The Drug War and the Students of America (Room 317) Amber Langston Stacia Cosner Garret Overstreet

Marijuana in the Midwest (Room 306) Kenny Yuko Chris Chiles Brandy Zink

Howard Rahtz ­ Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (Room 306) Serving in the Cincinnati Police Department and obtaining the rank of Police Captain, he became a SWAT Negotiations Team Coordinator. Prior to his law enforcement career, Howard gained valuable insight into the drug problem as a supervisor for a methadone program. His experiences grew further, as Executive Director of the Alcoholism Council where he estab­ lished treatment, intervention and prevention programs in the Cincinnati community. He was !"#$%&'("$)*+!"+#$)%$!",+$-(+.%#$+*/0)*+1)'!*2+!"$(%3("$!/"+4%/,%)'+)"5+#4()%-()5(5+$-(+.%#$+ agency to address the needs of children of addicted parents. Howard holds a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Cincinnati, a degree from Northwestern University School of Police Command and from the Ohio Police Executive Leadership Col­ lege. He teaches at two Ohio police academies and is the author of Community Policing: A Handbook for Beatcops & Supervisors and Understanding Police Use of Force.

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12:15­1:30 Breakout Session 2

1:30­2:30 Lunch (On Your Own) Available Discussion: How to Effectively use Technology in Advocacy (Room 306) Garret Overstreet

1:00­2:00 Chapter Strategizing (Room 306)

2:00 ­ 3:00 Midwest Strategizing

3:00 ­ 4:00 State Summits

4:00 ­ 5:00 Conference Closing

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Stacia Cosner: SSDP Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic Outreach Director

Chris Krueger

Stacia got involved with drug policy when she joined the campus SSDP chapter as a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2005. The next year, she was elected President of the chapter serving from 2006-2008. Stacia joined the SSDP national staff in June 2009, and has been working full-time since then as an Outreach Director.

Chris Krueger joined the staff of the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland in February 2010. Chris is responsible for advocacy efforts towards the removal of barriers that prevent syringe exchange programs from existing across Ohio. His work involves talking and working with organizations and state legislators across Ohio to try to educate the public on these programs, while also working expand syringe exchange programs to help protect intravenous drug users, their families, friends, and general public from HIV and Hepatitis C infection from syringes.

Amber Langston

Amber has done both undergraduate and graduate work at the University of MissouriColumbia in various fields of study. Amber was a founding member of the University of Missouri chapter of SSDP in 2002, and in 2004 she served as the campaign manager for two successful municipal initiatives relating to medical marijuana and marijuana decriminalization in Columbia, MO. In 2006 she became a member of SSDP’s Board of Directors, and in 2008 joined the organization as a full-time staff member. She has since left the organization and recently campaigned for California’s proposition 19.

Dean Jarvie

Greg has been with Kent State University since 1987. In addition to his current role as Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, he has held numerous administrative positions. In 1997, he was appointed to the University Student Ombuds; a year later he also assumed the title of Dean of Students and Student Ombuds. in 2007, he was promoted to Associate Vice President and Dean of Student for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs. Jarvie was instrumental in the implementation of the Good Samaritan Policy on Kent State’s campus, and continues to be an avid supporter of harm reduction and SSDP’s work on campus.

Chris Chiles is a graduate with a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Chris was the founder of the University of Michigan chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy and received SSDP’s Outstanding Activist Award in 2007. Chris was also elected to serve two years on SSDP’s National Board of Directors in 2008. His passion for drug policy reform comes from his interest in social justice, and he says he can’t imagine life without political activism. Chris currently works as a medical cannabis provider in the state of Michigan and spends much of his free time educating local and state officials on the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act of 2008.

Mike Lizewski

Michael Liszewski is a third-year student at UDC School of Law. Working for several years as a community organizer in southeast Baltimore, he learned the importance of coalition building and witnessed some of the most devastating effects of America’s drug war. As an intern at the ACLU-NCA, he has advocated DC statehood and helped to lead a successful lobbying campaign to defeat an ill-conceived crime bill. Liszewski currently serves on SSDP’s national board of directors and chairs the ACLU-NCA’s Future Leaders Council.

Brandy Zink

Brandy Zink is a Licensed Massage Therapist based in Detroit, Michigan. As a medical cannabis patient advocate and educator, she has served as the former Executive Director of both the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association and the Ohio Patient Action Network. She has also worked closely with Americans for Safe Access, the Marijuana Policy Project, the Drug Policy Alliance, and other cannabis reform organizations.

John Sobroro

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Chris Chiles

Dr Sorboro is a graduate of the University of Akron, attended graduate school and recieved an MD from The University of Toledo and went on to complete an internship and a psychiatry residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He is a former Asst. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at NEOUCOM and serves as Chairman of The Department of Psychiatry at St Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown Ohio. His areas of interest include skepticism,philosophy and the history of psychiatry and medicine and he has published several papers on this subject.

Garret Overstreet

Garret Overstreet is President of Tulsa NORML, professional web designer. and webmaster for SSDP. He has produced a high-quality online presence for numerous organizations, specializing in easy-to-use and affordable solutions for self-funded, volunteer affiliates.

Directions

about Kent State SSDP was founded in September of 2008 by the chapter’s first president, Chris Wallis.

In November, Wallis, the chapter’s first Vice President Angel Gagliardi, and Gwen Hipolit traveled to College Park, MD to represent the chapter at its first national conference. Lobbying congress for crack/cocaine disparity reform and experiencing the FunDome were some of the good times had.

Legend: A: Kent Student Center B: Professor’s Pub C: Days Inn

After the conference, we will be holding a dinner and a show at Professor’s Pub in downtown Kent for speakers and members of ssdp who paid a registration fee. The dinner will be from 7­9 and the general public will not be admitted. However, anyone and everyone is welcome to attend the show after the dinner. A three dollar cover will be charged after dinner. Bands include Kent’s own Aliver Hall, Professor Greenhouse, and Pittsburgh’s Tomorrow at Twelve.

STEP BY STEP DIRECTIONS:

From Hotel to the Student Center Pull onto Route 43 and head North.

Make a right onto 261 East.

Make a left onto Campus Center drive.

Turn Left at the T junction behind the Rec Center.

Follow the road to Summit Avenue and make a left.

Make a right into Risman Drive and use the parking lot on your left. No fees will be charged for weekend parking.

In the Spring 2009 semester, Kent State SSDP started working with university administrators on implementing a “Good Samaritan Policy”.

Dean of Students Greg Jarvie was extremely instrumental and a huge help in helping present the policy to the right people. The chapter provides a substancial amount of information to students, as displayed by its “Let’s Talk About Drugs” Presentations. In 2010, the chapter hosted the first annual Ohio state strategy summit. The same year, at the international SSDP conference in San Francisco, California, the Kent Chapter was given the Outstanding Chapter award for its dedication to the cause.

The Chapter was featured in High Times magazine twice. Once for hosting the Ohio state strategy summit in spring 2010, and once as one of the top 10 “Institutions of Higher Learning”.

A Special Thanks to our Sponsors: Kent State Face Aids faceaids.org Kent Student Liberty Alliance www.ksla.org Chris Chiles, SSDP alumni Plant Kingdom Bakery www.plantkingdombakery.com Dean of Students Greg Jarvie and the office of the Vice President at Kent State