DRCNet supporters and friends gathered to hear US Rep.
John Conyers and former drug war prisoner Kemba Smith
address a fundraiser for the John W. Perry Fund, a scholarship
program created by DRCNet that provides scholarships to
students who have lost their financial aid eligibility
because of drug convictions.
Larry Zaglaniczny and David Borden
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People sign in and donate to the Perry Fund.
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Kemba Smith and Nkechi Taifa were two of the
key speakers for the night.
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"Too many students have had the doors to
education and opportunity closed to them because
of the HEA Drug Provision,"
said Chris Mulligan, CHEAR campaign director.
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David Borden talks to David Baime
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Event emcee Arnold Trebach, founder of the Drug
Policy Foundation
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"Tonight's gathering is the second stop
in a national tour of events at which we are raising
awareness of this law while raising funds to help
some of the people affected by it," said
DRCNet executive director David Borden, the Perry
Fund's founder.
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Rep. John Conyers offered his perspective on
the larger political situation as it impacts a
range of issues reaching beyond drug policy.
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Conyers' staffer Keenan Keller
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David Baime of the American Association of Community
Colleges
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Marisa Garcia, victim of the HEA Drug Provision
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Nkechi Taifa of the Open Society Institute
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Scarlett Swerdlow of SSDP
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Keynote speaker Kemba Smith
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David Guard of DRCNet
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