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Join us for the first-ever virtual drug policy conference on Friday, May 1st through Sunday, May 3rd! Registration for #Sensible2020: The Virtual Drug Policy Conference is open. For the first time ever, we will be holding our annual conference online. We are so excited to be able to convene during unprecedented and difficult times and to also have the conference

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Great news! Early bird registration is now open for the biggest Students for Sensible Drug Policy event of the year, and for the first 24 hours only, we’ll be covering Eventbrite processing fees, saving you $15-30!  #Sensible2020, the drug policy reform conference by and for young drug policy reformers, will bring nearly 400 chapter members, alumni, and allies to Baltimore,

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Note: In the United States, most universities provide funding for student activities paid for by a student activity fee. This blog post is written for our US chapters on how to apply for funding from these pools. If you are outside of the US, funding structures vary from institution to institution. Contact your Global Program Coordinator (roisin@ssdp.org) for advice. 1.

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Students for Sensible Drug Policy is a proud co-host of The International Drug Policy Reform Conference, taking place on November 6th-9th in St. Louis, MO. Reform will bring together more than 1,500 people who believe that the War on Drugs is a fundamental threat to freedom and human rights. We are going to be hearing from a great variety of

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Daniel Jabbour ‘07, an SSDP all-star alumnus, passed away in April of 2014. To honor and remember him, SSDP created the Daniel Jabbour Scholarship Fund to help send outstanding activists to SSDP conferences. This year, the scholarship committee will be selecting a few SSDPers to attend SSDP2019: The Global Students for Sensible Drug Policy Conference. Daniel’s driving passions in drug

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Here at Students for Sensible Drug Policy, we take our role as a grassroots organization seriously. That means involving you in our programmatic decisions. Right now, we’re in the process of developing sessions, speakers, and other content for SSDP2019, our annual global conference taking place just outside of Chicago, IL on March 29-31. We invited our network to submit their

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Students for Sensible Drug Policy did some amazing things in 2018. Our thoughtful, bright, and impressive young activists made huge strides towards SSDP’s vision of a post-prohibition future where safety, justice, and education are prioritized in drug policy. There’s no better time than right now to help us celebrate 20 years and the start of 2019 by making a year-end

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Have an idea for the conference? Submit a session proposal for #SSDP2019: The Global Students for Sensible Drug Policy Conference We’re serious about Students for Sensible Drug Policy‘s student-run nature. We want SSDP2019 conference sessions to reflect the amazing things SSDPers are working on and meet your needs as an organizer and activist. For the fourth year in a row,

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In an ongoing effort to ensure that a diverse group of individuals and viewpoints are represented at our upcoming #SSDP2019 global conference, Students for Sensible Drug Policy’s Diversity Awareness Reflection and Education (SSDP-DARE) Committee is once again offering scholarships to help defray the cost of attending the conference. Are you interested in applying for a SSDP-DARE Diversity Scholarship to Attend #SSDP2019? Fill out this form here. The

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In case you missed it, Students for Sensible Drug Policy is in the final two weeks of a year-end matching gift challenge. Our Esteemed Trustees 4Front and Green Lion Partners have joined together to give $50,000 in matching funds to help support our work. That’s an extra $50,000 to mobilize students to support cannabis reforms, advocate for harm reduction, and provide

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It’s that time of the year, again! Give the gift of drug policy reform and support Students for Sensible Drug Policy this holiday season. #CyberMonday is today, and if you’re doing online shopping, your purchases of gifts, clothing, textbooks, dorm gear and more can support our work! Install our iGive button in your web browser or shop with Giving Assistant

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Founded in 2011, the Diversity Awareness Reflection and Education (DARE) committee works to elevate the voices of those from marginalized and/or directly impacted communities and strives to center these perspectives in our work to end the War on Drugs. Every year, SSDP DARE awards scholarships to people from marginalized and/or directly impacted communities to attend the annual SSDP conference. Our

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Great news! Early bird registration is now open for the biggest Students for Sensible Drug Policy event of the year. And for the first 24 hours only, we’ll be covering Eventbrite processing fees, saving you $15-30!  SSDP2019: The Global Students for Sensible Drug Policy Conference will bring more than 400 student members, alumni, and supporters to the Chicago area on March 29-31, 2019 for our

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Making the Most Out of the Experience of an SSDP Conference Written by Amy Hildebrand, Illinois State Policy Intern The annual SSDP International Conference is nothing short of a whirlwind. A weekend that is filled with moving speakers and impactful panels, reunions with old friends and internet friends and the blossoming of new collaborations, communities and cohorts. I think we

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SSDP 2018 is just about 10 days away, and 15 amazing SSDPers have applied to run for the Board of Directors. SSDP is governed by a Board of Directors, which is made up of student members – elected by SSDP chapters during SSDP’s annual Congress – and appointed alumni. All are volunteers and each member serves a two-year term. Directors

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