Goals
Clean Smoke Community Investment Project believes that communities harmed should be made whole. We know that the war on drugs was deeply and disproportionately harmful to black and brown people in America. After generations of fighting, the impact of this false war is still apparent: Black people make up roughly 13% of America’s population, yet we make up almost 40% of America’s incarcerated population. Michigan is no exception. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, Michigan has an incarceration rate of 641 per 100,000 people. In Michigan the rate of black versus white incarceration is a stark 2,169 black bodies to 374 white bodies in prison per 100,000 people of either race in the state population. The disparity is even more stark and alarming as the Cannabis industry begins to flourish in Michigan, earning over $400 million last year; yet our team intimately knows that Michigan prisons are still holding over 1200 people with cannabis related violations. Black women hold less than 3% of the states cannabis licenses. At the end of every war there should be a restoration period...lets start here
Peacekeeping Work
Investment Opportunities
Businesses incubation and employability supports
Re-grants for a woman lead organizations
Community beautification projects
Freedom: over 1200 MDOC prisoners with marijuana related offenses
Freedom
Re-Entry Housing
Re-Entry Grants
Re-entry Services
Re-grants for Women Lead Organizations
Community Beautification Projects
Minor Interior & Exterior Home Repair
Community Lead Development
Businesses Incubation & Employability Supports
Culturally Competent Mentorship
Holistic Services & Supports
Partnerships
Investment Opportunities
Business Showcases
Improve Opportunities
Expand Access to Business Networks & Capital
Peacekeeping Work
Raise $20 million:
Expand access to business networks and capital:
Fund Cannabis prisoner reentry programs:
Enhance the supply chain for minority businesses:
Improve opportunities for commercial real estate:
- Re-entry services for people with marijuana related convictions
- Improved businesses readiness for and paths to capital services and procurement
- Specialized services and mentorship by industry, business life-cycle, and professional business services
- Access to new business networks and right-fit and culturally competent mentorship
- New ways to deliver aforementioned holistic services and supports
- Stronger capacity of BSOs
- Partnerships to advance a stronger and more connected small business field of practice
- Community beautification projects
- Sustainable partnership and collaboration
- Re-grants for minority lead organizations
- Scholarships for colleges, universities, trades schools and apprenticeships