Moms for Marijuana Announces National Membership and Mentoring Campaign
Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) May 10, 2015 -- Moms for Marijuana International (MFMI), founded by Serra Frank in 2005 whose vision was adopted by Executive Director Cheryl Shuman in 2014, recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary on April 20th, 2015.
In conjunction with the anniversary celebration, MFMI is proud to announce the launch of a marijuana mentorship program and ongoing series of industry networking events in partnership with Cheryl Shuman Inc., a public relations, media, product branding and business development firm.
“Cheryl has accomplished so much extraordinary progress in worldwide Cannabis reform, reaching millions of parents through the utilization of mainstream media. We have grown from 45,000 followers to over 500,000 in less than a year,” said Serra Frank, MFMI’s Founding Director. “Everything I have ever seen Cheryl do has been historic and monumental in Cannabis reform. She is leading not only moms but the entire movement by making history in the media.”
Known as the Cannabis Queen of Beverly Hills, Cheryl Shuman celebrates her first year as Executive Director for MFMI on Mother's Day this year. Cheryl says that she has, “been working with Serra for many years now and have always been inspired by her vision and dedication to families around the world. I am honored to lead such a dynamic and ambitious organization with such a clear and focused mission—improving the lives of the world’s most vulnerable, women and children. The MFMI partnership with my marketing firm creates a wonderful opportunity for women around the world to follow in the footsteps of Pauline Sabin from the 1930’s who led a group of dedicated women to overturn alcohol prohibition; today, we are making history working towards the end of cannabis prohibition.”
In addition to launching a mentoring campaign and networking event series, MFMI and Cheryl Shuman also announce the Official Mom Squad, the name given to MFMI’s organizational membership roster. "After ten years without an official membership, membership dues, or membership requirements, it is time for Moms for Marijuana to take the next step in becoming everything it is meant to be. Unity in our cause is the primary goal. It is our hopes to further the movement through acceptance of each other while negating a bully mentality that has attempted to infect our community. Through an organized, positive, and loving membership, we can ensure our voices echo into the future."
Directed by Serra Frank and her original vision for promoting education, raising awareness, and creating discussion about the Cannabis plant all around the world, the Official Mom Squad will continue to mentor and guide all who consider themselves a Mom for Marijuana into a formidable collective force for marijuana legislative reformation. Through united efforts, all members can be active in helping realize everything the MFMI organization ever envisioned achieving.
For those interested in joining the Official Mom Squad, updates will be posted on the International facebook page in the near future - http://www.facebook.com/moms4mj - You can also join the mentorship program through Cheryl Shuman Inc, at this link - http://cherylshuman.com/vip-mentorship-program/
“Women are the secret to legalization. We are the family decision makers and influencers in society; after all, women buy 85% of all household and consumer products, according to Adweek. Now we can use that influence to change laws, save lives, families and introduce parents to new possible careers in the green rush. As an entrepreneur, it’s exciting to be on the ground floor of the cutting edge of making news and witnessing the convergence of celebrity and cannabis culture,” exclaimed Shuman.
"The right leadership team is everything. It was evident immediately, working with Cheryl and leveraging her character, knowledge and networking base these past few years, that it was a perfect fit in terms of values, integrity and personality. The leadership of Cheryl Shuman and her team elevate MFMI’s exposure. The value of their ability to provide global celebrity and media exposure for our organization are priceless,” said Serra Frank.
About Moms for Marijuana International:
Moms for Marijuana International is a grassroots network and organization of parents and other citizens across the world who are concerned with what they consider an ignorant war that continues to be fought against the Cannabis (Hemp or Marijuana) plant, and how it is negatively affecting future generations. The organization focuses on raising awareness, promoting education and cultivating discussion about every aspect of the Cannabis plant - its history and prohibition, as well as the potential it has for the future. Since its creation by disabled homemaker, Serra Frank, in 2005, Moms for Marijuana International has grown into a global organization of parents actively working to change the stigma that surrounds the Cannabis plant and its consumers. Moms for Marijuana has a twitter following of 22,000 people, and a Facebook following of over 500,000. In 2012, they also started a sister chapter called Parents for Marijuana International, that has a Facebook following of over 50,000.
About Cheryl Shuman:
Moms for Marijuana Executive Director
CEO & Founder Cheryl Shuman Inc.
CEO & Founder Beverly Hills Cannabis Club
Co-Founder & CMO, Heights Resorts
Media personality Cheryl Shuman is the founder and C.E.O. of Cheryl Shuman, Inc. Established in 1984, Cheryl Shuman Inc. is the leading public relations, media, product branding, event production and business development firm focusing on merging mainstream with the cannabis industry. After years of following failed allopathic medicine treatments, she opted for medical cannabis in the form of raw juice and oils as an alternative. Her success using medical cannabis led her to found the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club (http://www.BHCClub.com). Today, Cheryl is the most visible and recognizable entrepreneurs in the marijuana reform movement, recently receiving the 2013 Activist of the Year Award at Seattle Hempfest and the 2014 Woman of Influence Award.
Cheryl has shattered the glass ceiling with mainstream media records reaching 100's of millions of viewers worldwide appearing on such mainstream shows as CNN's Piers Morgan Live, The Katie Couric Show, The View, ABC's 20/20, Good Morning America, Fox Business News and many other media outlets. She was recently featured on the cover of Adweek as Pot's First Marketer as the first company to establish a luxury "Starbucks of Pot" Brand (http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/who-will-become-starbucks-pot-159145 ), in Elle Magazine as The Most Potent Women in the Pot Industry (http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/g8427/leading-women-in-the-pot-industry/) and The Unexpected Rise of the Marijuana Mom (http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a12993/rise-of-the-pot-power-women/), named The Cannabis Queen of Beverly Hills by The New York Times Sunday Magazine (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/magazine/the-cannabis-queen-of-beverly-hills.html), as well as gracing the cover of The London Times Magazine as The Cannabis Queen of Beverly Hills (http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/magazine/article4397255.ece).
Shuman serves as the Senior Advisor with Jacob Securities Investment Banking firm in Toronto on a $50 million investment fund specifically for Cannabis investments. She recently launched a luxury cannabis conference series to focus on the affluent cannabis market and high-dollar investment vehicles for the rapidly growing space.
Cheryl Shuman is currently in development for multiple television shows and is represented for TV, film, book and lecturing deals by the prestigious William Morris Endeavor Agency in Beverly Hills. For more information, please visit http://www.CherylShuman.com.
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