NY NORML | For Activists

We want to help you!

Want to book a speaker at your campus or community event?

Suggest a NY NORML speaker to your student activities committee and help educate members of your college on marijuana policy and politics. NY NORML can provide some of the most respected and informed speakers in the drug law reform community.

We'll provide expert analysis of the current state of marijuana prohibition in:

* medical, personal and industrial uses
* legal issues
* drug testing
* legislative actions
* race and the war on drugs

Also available, a screening of the Flex Your Rights production: Busted, The Citizens Guide to Surviving Police Encounters. This program can be booked with a civil rights attorney as well as our executive director (Robert Robinson) for questions and answers after the showing, or simply as a movie.

Also available, a screening of the award winning documentary, Grass, directed by Ron Mann and narrated by Woody Harrelson. From the story of America’s first drug czar, to the absurd scare tactics behind propaganda films like Reefer Madness, and Marijuana: Threat or Menace, director Ron Mann (Comic Book Confidential, Twist) poignantly and humorously exposes the social, political and economic facts behind this enduring weed, and the extent to which it has profoundly shaped our culture.

Also available, a screening of the award winning documentary, Party Heads. Produced by Studio on Hudson, the same folks who brought us Super Size Me. This movie covers the NY marijuana movement through the eyes of the NY Marijuana Reform party.

Here's a briefing on what we've done so far.
Please feel free to ask us for advice about anything you can think of, though.

E-mail us at the address on the top right hand corner of the page. We'll be happy to arrange a talk on the phone or by instant messenger if you prefer. Please don't worry about whether your question is important enough. We're here to help.

Hemp Festival Production
Concert fundraisers at clubs
Free Outdoor Concerts (with activist speakers, etc.)
Marches and Parades
Protests (local and national)
Rallies with and without live music
Know Your Rights Seminars
Debates with a D.A.R.E. Officer
Radio and Television interviews
Press Conferences / Press Releases
Booths / Tables at events (on campus and at commercial events)
Group trips to: conferences, rallies, events
Petition Drives
Contests (raffles, signature drives, etc.:)
Changing Campus Drug Policy
Get Out The Vote drives
Running for Office
Movie showings
Campaign Organizing
Flyer Design, printing and distribution
Direct Marketing (flyers, posters)
Website Design
Internet / E-mail activism (listserves, action alerts, networking)
Letter to the Editor
Letters to Elected Officials
Booking
Promotion
Public Speaking
Lobbying (local, state, federal)
Photo and Video documentation of events
Meetings. Meetings, and more meetings!
Paperwork (requests for programs, budgets, etc.) on a college campus.
Coordinating New Paltz NORML efforts with the Student Government / Student Association on campus
Joining SSDP with already fuctioning NORML chapters

Past and Current Areas of Focus:

Racism in the War on Drugs
Legalizing Medical Marijuana: in New York by supporting current legislation in the House and Senate, and by lobbying Maurice Hinchey, US Congressperson 26th District.
Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Awareness about Racism in the Drug War.
Industrial Hemp Education