Steven W. Hawkins

For others with similar names, see Steven Hawkins.

Steven W. Hawkins (born July 10, 1962) is an American social justice leader and litigator who currently serves as president and CEO of the US Cannabis Council.[1] He previously served as executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project and as executive director of Amnesty International USA.[2][3] Prior to these roles, he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Program Officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He also held position as executive director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, as senior program manager at Justice, Equality, Human Dignity and Tolerance Foundation, and as program executive at Atlantic Philanthropies and as an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Hawkins is known for bringing litigation that led to the release of three teenagers wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death row in Tennessee.

  1. ^ "Marijuana Policy Project Announces New President and CEO" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: Marijuana Policy Project. December 15, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  2. ^ Smith, Jeff (August 14, 2018). "Marijuana Policy Project chooses rights activist Steven Hawkins as executive director". Marijuana Business Daily. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Amnesty International USA Names NAACP'S Steven W. Hawkins as Executive Director" (Press release). New York: Amnesty International USA. June 11, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.