Thanks to the overwhelming response from the people of Texas over the last few years, our Third Annual Texas Cannabis Crusade is proving to become the largest yet. Our expected attendance has exceeded the maximum capacity for our previous venue.

We are proud to announce that Outgrow Big Bro and Texas NORML will host the event this year at the historic Wooldridge Square Park. The park is located at 9th and Guadalupe. You can expect the same intensity as in years passed, but our new location is just five blocks from The Capitol.

Currently, we are fine tuning the new route for the march, but it will definitely include a pass by City Hall. The full lineup will be released in the next few weeks. Stay tuned to this site, or call 512-553-0420 for further details. Thank you all for your continued support over the last few years!

We look forward to this year’s march, and our continued ZERO ARREST record!

Sorry for the limited updates over the last several months here on the site.

I am writing today to give a partial lineup release.  Below, in no particular order are a few artists who will be performing at the Third Annual Texas Cannabis Crusade:

Shotgun Hustler

Jet Baker

Champagne with Friends

The Raspas

Click the band name above to check them out online.  More bands and speakers to be announced at a later date.

If you are a cannabis consumer, you should also be an advocate.  Please, join us on this day for fun festivities and freedom.  Bring your friends. Bring good vibes.  Bring a bongo.  Bring a blanket.  Food and drinks will be available at the festival for modest donations to Outgrow Big Bro or Texas NORML.  This is our third year, so we are getting better at this, and our momentum is growing.

Help us keep the ball rolling by spreading news of the Texas Cannabis Crusade far and wide to all that will hear it.  Do you live in a rural area?  Send in a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, informing them of our event in Austin.  This event is held in Austin, but it’s held to benefit all of Texas.  So fill a bus, and meet us at Zilker Park at 11:00 AM on Saturday, May 1st, 2010.

PEACE & DANKS!!

Even Texans are beginning to feel the effects of winter approaching.  While the weather may be fair now, it is no time to plant a cannabis seed into the dirt.  I know that you all love filling the flower beds outside your local police stations with seeds, but now is the time to fill a jar with those little bundles of joy.  Outgrow Big Bro knows that a few pot plants found growing outside a courthouse is likely to draw more attention than a group of activists standing outside protesting.  However, what with the bitter months of Winter approaching, don’t sentence your seeds to death.

The Winter months provide us with an off-season from physical seed planting and allows us to plant seeds into the minds of others.  So if you are reading this, remember that if you are a cannabis consumer, you should also be an advocate.  Try to change someone’s mind about cannabis today.  If you can’t manage that, try to motivate the people who say that they support legalization to actually do something about it.  There are a number of things the individual can do to support the overall cause.

• Write a letter to the editor of your newspaper.  Ir better yet, buy ad space in your newspaper, encouraging others to join the movement.

• Call in to talk radio stations, and arm yourself with facts before hand.

• Contact members of your city council to discuss their position of possible city wide initiatives to de-prioritize minor marijuana related offenses.

These are just a few things you can do to get started at your own pace to help the cause, and to begin to win your own personal victories over Big Brother.  There are lots of ways around adversity, you just have to find them.  Join our efforts,  spread our message, and you will begin to discover new ways to Outgrow Big Bro every day.