Jess Jackson, M.B.A. M. Ed., is an author, serial entrepreneur and the quintessential big sis. Her work centers the visibility and inclusion of marginalized bodies and experiences, as well as advocacy for individuals disproportionately impacted by systemic exclusion and oppression.
Since opening the doors of Copper House Detroit, which is Detroit’s first cannabis-positive bud and breakfast founded by Jess and her wife Cara, 1000+ individuals and brands have fortified their home as a pillar and springboard within the Detroit and Michigan cannabis community.
As a legacy Detroiter, she ensures equity through a spectrum of roles and milestones: Director of External Affairs and Social Equity at Common Citizen, Secretary for the Board of Directors for Redemption Foundation, Marketing Director for Great Lakes Expungement Network, former Director of Operations with National Expungement Works.
Jess also serves as the Racial Equity Strategist at TorranceLearning and has over 15 years of experience as a Diversity Peer-educator. She is the author of TorranceLearning’s curriculum Cultivating Racial Equity in the Workplace (CREW) a holistic microlearning training program that addresses barriers to equity in the workplace using evidence-informed practices.
Her work has been featured on platforms such as Mic, Thrillest, Sensi, TedX, Michigan Advance, Detour Detroit, Learning Solutions Magazine, ACPA, among others.
Jess is a graduate of the University of Michigan concentrating in Sociology with a sub concentration in Economy, Business and Society. Jess also holds an M.ED and MBA, and graduated Summa Cum Laude in each. She lives in Detroit, MI, and can be reached on Instagram as @IamJessHuman or at Jess@LOUD.Social
Jacqara Jackson is a cultivator and operations manager with Sozo Companies, a vertically-integrated cannabis company. Before transitioning her work to cannabis, Jacqara worked for the United States Forest Service and Detroit Parks and Recreation facilitating outdoor recreational education. Her degree from the University of Delaware is in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation she has a passion for all things nature and sustainability a perspective she incorporates into her role as property manager of Copper House Detroit. She can be reached at jacqarajackson@gmail.com and on Instagram @Hippnehop
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