•  â€œEducating Our Community” with Jessica Gonzalez, Esq.; Students for Sensible Drug Policy President, Jason Ortiz, HCCC Associate Dean of Business, Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management, Dr. Ara Karakashian; HCCC Director of Continuing Education and Workforce Development, Chastity Farrell; and LIM College Director of Cannabis Education, Mike Z.  
• “The Cannabusiness Experience” with NJ Cannabis Business Association President, Edward DeVeaux; Minority Cannabis Business Association Executive Director, Amber Littlejohn; Cannaclusive Director of Community & Strategy, Kassia Grahm; Sanna CBD Yoga founder, Salam Diri; and Nabis Director of Marketing & Partnerships, Jennifer Seo.  
• “Cannabis & the Culinary Arts” with NJ Cannabis Insider Cannabis Life Reporter, Gabby Warren; Chef for Higher founder, “Hawaii” Mike Salman; Mikey Likes It Ice Cream founder and owner, Michael “Mikey” Cole; and Alb Labs Chief Production Officer, Bruce Bernstein.  
• “Current State of Cannabis” with Jersey City Ward D Councilman, Youef Saleh; Jersey City Cannabis Control Board Chair, Brittani Bunney; Law Office of Rosemarie Moyeno Matos LLC Managing Member, Rosemarie Moyeno Matos; and NJ Cannabis Insider Content Lead, Jelani Gibson.  
• “Restoring Our Communities: A Call to Action” with former New Jersey Governor and Executive Director of New Jersey Reentry, Jim McGreevey; The National Cannabis Party President, Sephida Artis-Mills; Shryne Group Vice President of Special Operations, Audie Veraga; and Sol JC Community Organizer, Taina Spicer.  
• “New Jersey Cannabis Culture” with New York Giants retired Super Bowl Champion, Jonathan Castillas, and Cannademix President and Founder, Joshua Alb.  

For the event schedule and information, please visit https://tinyurl.com/culturehecc. For more information, contact HCCC Director of Continuing Education and Workforce Development, Chastity Farrell at [email protected].  

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Photo Caption: Pictured from left: Jessica F. Gonzalez, Esq;  Jersey City Ward D Councilman, Yousef Saleh; celebrity chef and owner of Mikey Likes It Ice Cream, Michael “Mikey” Cole; former New Jersey Governor and Executive Director of New Jersey Reentry Corporation, Jim McGreevey; former New York Giant and two-time Super Bowl champion, Jonathan Casillas; and Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Cannademix Josh Alb.  

About Hudson County Community College  

Hudson County Community College serves more than 18,000 credit and non-credit students annually. The College offers nearly 80 degree and certificate programs, including award-winning English as a Second Language, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), Culinary Arts/Hospitality Management, Nursing and Health Sciences, and Fine and Performing Arts. The HCCC Culinary/Hospitality Management program was ranked number six in the U.S. by Best Choice Schools. Over 94% of HCCC Nursing program graduates passed the NCLEX the first time out, placing the program’s graduates in the top tier of two- and four-year nursing programs nationwide. In 2017, the Equality of Opportunity Project ranked HCCC in the top 5% of 2,200 U.S. higher education institutions for social and economic mobility.  

HCCC has partnerships with every major four-year college and university in the greater New Jersey-New York area and beyond, accommodating seamless transfer of credits for further undergraduate and graduate education.  

The College’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has been recognized with the 2021 Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Northeast Region Equity Award; and the INSIGHT Into Diversity 2021 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award honoring HCCC as one of nine community colleges nationally to be named “Top Colleges for Diversity.” The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), in collaboration with Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, named HCCC as a “2022 Most Promising Place to Work in Community Colleges.” HCCC was a finalist this year for the American Association of Community Colleges’ (AACC) “Advancing Diversity Award of Excellence.”  

About Cannademix  

Cannademix was created to provide accurate information on cannabis to local communities from established professionals. By providing a unique experience for its attendees, Cannademix shows a different vision for the legal industry based on accurate and accountable information.