To: The New York State House, The New York State Senate, and Governor Andrew Cuomo

MAKE FEBRUARY 15TH JOHN TRUDELL DAY

FEBRUARY 15TH IS JOHN TRUDELL'S BIRTHDAY JOHN TRUDELL WAS A NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVIST POET, MUSICIAN ACTOR AND FOUGHT FOR NATIVE RIGHTS AND IS THE MAN WHO GAVE US MEDICAL MARIJUANA. DESPITE HIS WIFE AND KIDS BEING MURDERED HE STILL FOUGHT FOR ALL AMERICAN NOT JUST NATIVES. WE OWE HIM ALOT MORE THEN WHAT HE GOT THE DAY HE DIED.

Why is this important?

BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT JOHN TRUDELL IS ONE OF THE GREAT ACTIVISTS FROM THE 20TH CENTURY HE PROTESTED WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING AND MALCOM X , AND LEAD THE PEADEFUL PROTEST ON THE ISLAND OF ALCATRAZ. THE MAN'S ACCOMPLISHMENT'S SHOULD BE CELEBRATED. HE SAVED THOUSANDS OF CANCER PATIENTS CAUSE OF HIS ACTS IN FORMING THE HEMPSTEAD PROJECT AND GOT MEDICAL WEED FOR THOSE BACK IN THE 80'S LONG BEFORE WEED WAS NEVER EVEN LEGAL. ARGUING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH THERE DOCTORS PRESENT TO HAVE THEM GET THE WEED THEY NEEDED.