USC Marshall Brittingham Lab Lunch & Learn: Lanese Martin, The Hood Incubator

USC Marshall Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab

Join the <A HREF="http://www.marshall.usc.edu/faculty/centers/sbl" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">USC Marshall Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab</A> for a Lunch &amp; Learn featuring Lanese Martin, co-founder and co-executive director of <A HREF="http://www.hoodincubator.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Hood Incubator</A>. 
The Hood Incubator is a community-centered nonprofit committed to building economic and political power for people of color through the legal cannabis industry. Launched in 2017 in response to the legalization of marijuana in California, the organization focuses on mobilizing those who have been disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs to ensure they receive the positive economic benefits of the country's shifting drug policies. Through community organizing, policy advocacy and economic development, The Hood Incubator is creating a healthy and sustainable ecosystem of industry access, resources and support that benefits, rather than harms, Black and Brown communities. Last year, it became the first cannabis-focused organization whose founder earned an elite global fellowship from <A HREF="http://www.echoinggreen.org//" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Echoing Green</A>, and has been featured in <A HREF="https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/296527" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Entrepreneur</A> magazine, on <A HREF="https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/weed-week-profiles-the-hood-incubator-and-the-legal-cannabis-industry-weedweek2017/58e5195ca233c21e6eca3c0a" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VICELAND</A> and in <A HREF="https://www.forbes.com/profile/ebele-ifedigbo/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Forbes</A>.
Lanese Martin spearheads The Hood Incubator's political strategy, including base-building, community organizing and policy advocacy work. She began her career consulting for small businesses, systemizing their operations and developing growth strategies. She served as the field director for an Oakland-based nonprofit and then for Nancy Skinner's successful California Senate race in 2016. Lanese earned a bachelor's in political science and an MBA in sustainable enterprise from Dominican University of California. 
 
This Lunch &amp; Learn is co-sponsored by <A HREF="http://uscdfa.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">USC Design for America</A>.
This event is free and open to the entire USC community. Lunch will be provided to registered attendees.