Meet Lo W | Founder, Women of Color in Cannabis, WOCC, pronounced WOKE!

We had the good fortune of connecting with Lo W and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Lo, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
We are Women of Color in Cannabis, WOCC, pronounced WOKE! As a non-profit organization our work is rooted in serving our community. As an educational based organization we provide information about the legal Cannabis industry to BIPOC in communities most affected by the war on drugs for absolutely free. In addition to the information we share with our members, we provide opportunities to increase your skill set, learn about transferable skills, ways to become and support BIPOC Cannapreneurs. We support and create safe spaces and community networks of black and brown experts to ensure the advice we provide is thoughtful, timely and from the perspective of someone who also identifies s a POC.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
What sets WOCC (pronounced WOKE!) apart from other organizations seeking to help BIPOC people is we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit which means all funds raised and donated goes to helping our mission and all donations are a tax write off for donators. We also hold monthly informational completely free of cost to all attendees. Our free offerings and tax deducible status is something we are equally proud of because we believe we’ve removed significant barriers for both WOCC member and donators. Free classes allow low to moderate income members the opportunity gain knowledge and increase a skill set without costing them anything. By having donations be tax refundable we hope to encourage more donations and alleviate the burden of donating.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
Both my partner and I live in Brooklyn, NY and WOCC is based out of BK as well. We would definitely plan a smoke session ( it’s legal to consume publicly in NYS now!) at our favorite local park and home to our annual Spliffnic’ event, Prospect Park.

On the way we would get smoothies from the local blackowned smoothie shop Jus Juice, and fresh pastries from the local family owned café (also black owned) called Lips Café.

There are so many wonderful parks in Brooklyn we would spend the weekend visiting a different park an grabbing local eats.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
My partner Patricia Wright has been with me in this journey helping to create the safe spaces we sought as new Cannapreneurs to the industry, After meeting her a year into the creation of WOCC, she has provided support I needed to continue growing WOCC and the list of services we can provide to our community.

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