EMILY RAMOS

Emily (she/her/they) is an Afro-Boricua woman and New York native from the Lower East Side and El Barrio. She’s been passionate about Marijuana Policy Reform since she was a New Design High School student. Emily was motivated by how the racist War on Drugs has impacted her family and community. Hence, she draws her inspiration from the Young Lords and the Black Panther Party in hopes of bringing the community together to build power, love, and healing.

Emily was recently named Board Chair of the NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives and graduated from the Green Worker’s Cooperative Academy and CoFed Summer Coop Academy, non-profit organizations supporting people of color in starting their worker cooperatives.

In 2018, she co-founded ¡High Mi Madre! LLC. A woman and femme of color marijuana consumer worker-owned cooperative. Emily comes to this work recognizing that people of color have always been farmers and practitioners who have historically utilized this flower for medicinal and wellness purposes.

She is part of a movement of people of color and communities affected by the failed War on Drugs to help build, create, and sustain a legal and equitable adult-use and comprehensive Medical Marijuana Program in NY State.