Evevate23'

Elevate23'

Presented By: Mississippi Cannabis School

& GreenSeed Workforce Foundation (501c3)

Mississippi Cannabis School

EdAccelerator, Inc. (dba Mississippi Cannabis School) core reason for existing is to elevate the cannabis industry by being steadfast in our pursuit to instill our three pillars of success: education, alignment, and leadership in every person we meet, and in every interaction we have.

Teaching and learning is at the heart of who we are and what we're about. Exceptional educators plus canna-professionals merged together to create a place where people can explore, grow, learn, and feel empowered to make bold, impactful moves in this industry.

We provide the state-required CEUs for work permit holders.

GreenSeed Workforce Initiative

EdAccelerator Foundation, Inc. (dba GreenSeed Workforce Initiative) is a registered 501(c)3 organization.

Our mission is to contribute to Mississippi's medical cannabis industry by providing job-seekers the skills, and businesses the talent, they need to be successful through workforce training and education. GreedSeed Workforce Initiative addresses the need to create training alignment across our state. Employee recruitment and retention continues to be a common issue, nationally. Our program, events, and support services develop and grow workers using cannabis-centric subject matter paired with research based workforce practices.

ELEVATE23'

#GREENSEED100

Our goal for ELEVATE23' is to collectively bring together 100 aspiring workers for Mississippi's new medical cannabis industry for a two-day training and certifying (5)-city event. Attendees will be introduced to cannabis brands, hear from industry leaders, and participate in a hand-holding, skillset focused, compliance-driven, career jumpstart opportunity.

This is a FREE event for anyone looking to acquire the skillset, knowledge, and continuing education units needed to work in Mississippi's cannabis industry.

OUR GOALS

Growing Mississippi Cannabis Workforce

Provide free certifying cultivation and dispensary training to 100 aspiring social equity participants by bringing Elevate23' to 5 cities in our state.

Provide participants with an opportunity to meet industry leaders and local employers.

Actively seek to advance equity, diversity and opportunity in Mississippi's cannabis industry.

Provide participants with assistance with applying for a work permit, resume development and interview prep.

ELEVATE23'

5-City Workforce event

Jackson Mississippi- May 5th (virtual) & 6th (in-person)
Oxford Mississippi- May 19th (virtual) & 20th (in-person)
Meridian Mississippi- June 2nd (virtual) & 3rd (in person)
Hattiesburg Mississippi- June 16th (virtual) & June 17th (in-person)
Biloxi Mississippi- July 7th (virtual) & 8th (in-person)

Our Impact

Our Match

We will match every sponsored participant. For every person sponsored, we will pay for an additional participant. That means, if we meet our training goal of 100 sponsored participants, we will actually train 200 social equity applicants.

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