An illuminating and well-rounded conversation with MAPs Policy & Advocacy Counsel member Ismail Ali and Oregon's Measure 109 Campaign director Sam Chapman on the growing movement to realize the power of psychedelics to heal some of society's most pressing mental health issues. 

Speakers include: Ismail Lourido Ali, JD, is Policy & Advocacy Counsel for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), where he advocates to eliminate barriers to psychedelic therapy and research, develops and implements legal and policy strategy, and supports MAPS’ governance, non-profit, and ethics work.  

Ashley Lukens, PhD is with the Clarity Project. She is an independent philanthropic and development advisor in Hawaiʻi and Oregon. She has worked in and with the impact sector in Hawaiʻi since 2006 as the founder of the Hawaiʻi Food Policy Council, director of the RISE Program at Kupu, director of Hawaiʻi Center for Food Safety, and currently as the executive director of the Frost Family Foundation.  

Sam Chapman was the Campaign Manager for the Yes On Measure 109 Campaign in Oregon, a statewide ballot campaign that successfully created the first ever state wide regulated psilocybin therapy program in the United States. Sam has over a decade of experience in advocating for progressive drug policy reforms at the local, state, and national levels.