This group provides free cannabis for women and LGBTQ trauma survivors

Q&A with …
Shannon DeGrooms

By Jelani Gibson 

In this interview, we talk about what cannabis community service looks like from a mental health perspective. To do that, I spoke with Shannon DeGrooms, director of the This is Jane Project. It’s a California based project, but DeGrooms is from Jersey.

This is Jane Project is a community (both online and in the “real” world) where women and non-binary individuals can gather, connect, and share their stories of hope and healing with cannabis freely. What started as a simple, yet profound photo-activism campaign has now expanded to a diverse, trauma-informed nonprofit organization with a community of over 1,400 trauma survivors, or Janes.

Mindbloom, the world’s largest provider of ketamine therapy, announced Monday the launch of their partnership with This is Jane Project, a nonprofit organization that supports and builds community for women and non-binary survivors of trauma.

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PAX, a leading global cannabis brand, today announced the launch of PEACE BY PAX, a new program to continue and expand the company’s efforts to drive meaningful social impact. The platform will empower PAX to serve the community through a focus on causes related to social reform, safe access and sustainability through cannabis.

This is Jane Project (TIJP), is a non-profit organization helping women and non-binary people (also known as “Janes”) heal from traumatic experiences through a variety of healing-centered programming, including providing access points to cannabis.

Through their compassion program, Survivor’s Without Access, the leaders behind This is Jane Project use their resources to forge partnerships with important brands in the cannabis space, allowing TIJP members to receive donated medical cannabis when needed.

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Eaze, the nation’s largest cannabis delivery marketplace, today celebrated the launch of Eaze Compassion, a statewide program to restore medical cannabis access to patients left behind by California’s cannabis laws. Eaze Compassion works directly with a network of compassionate care organizations and brands to help carry out the intent of Senator Scott Wiener’s SB 34, the Dennis Peron and Brownie Mary Act, signed into law in October 2019 by Governor Newsom.