LaWann Stribling is the heart and founder behind STRIB’ble District LLC®️, Cann’A Woman Heal Wellness™️, STRIB’ble Treats®️, and STRIB Flowers and Herbs Ancestral & Holistic Farm™️, a family-rooted network of wellness, farming, healing, and food-based enterprises that uplift the spirit, the land, and the community. A dedicated ancestral and holistic urban farmer, herbalist, award-winning baker, and lifelong gardener, LaWann’s work is rooted in tradition, healing, and transformation. She combines deep ancestral knowledge with practical tools to empower others in reclaiming their health, self-worth, and connection to nature.

LaWann’s journey is one of profound resilience. From surviving the harsh realities of being a homeless teenager and teen mother to battling suicidal depression, PTSD, and the trauma of childhood, her path has not been easy but it has been powerful. Guided by faith, ancestral wisdom, and the healing gifts of the earth, she has emerged not only as a survivor but as a community leader and educator devoted to wellness, sustainability, and radical self-love.

Through Cann’A Woman Heal Wellness™️, LaWann teaches nature-based healing, helping women reconnect with their bodies and inner knowing through herbs, ritual, and self-care. With STRIB’ble Treats®️, she shares the joy of baking, offering delicious, heart-healing creations that won her the title of award-winning baker. Her work with *STRIB Ancestral and Holistic Farm* centers on building a self-sustaining ecosystem that provides food, medicine, and education. The farm includes 10 raised garden beds growing culturally significant herbs, vegetables, and flowers, and is has expanding to incorporate rainwater harvesting, companion planting, and livestock to further support sustainable living.

LaWann is also a former licensed early childhood educator of 16 years and passionate advocate for youth engagement in gardening and food sovereignty. Her “Gardening with Kids” program launched more than a decade ago connects children to the natural world, teaching them how to grow food, nurture life, and build confidence. She believes that fear comes from lack of experience, and that children need nature to grow just like seeds.

Together with her husband of nearly 12 years and their six children (aged 11 to 30), LaWann is building a powerful family legacy. Their life is a living example of what it means to thrive despite the odds, and to live in harmony with the land, ancestors, and each other. Every course taught, every seed planted, and every meal prepared is a reflection of her core belief: that healing is possible when we return to our roots.

Through STRIB’ble District LLC, LaWann continues to expand her vision—creating spaces for healing, education, nourishment, and empowerment. Whether through holistic farming, herbal medicine, early education, or community care, LaWann Stribling is a modern-day medicine woman, planting seeds of transformation for generations to come.

There is more than enough evidence to deschedule cannabis now. This plant is not a dangerous drug, it’s natural medicine that’s been used by our ancestors for healing, ceremony, and everyday wellness for generations. Science backs it up: cannabis helps with chronic pain, anxiety, PTSD, insomnia, epilepsy, and so much more. It is safer than alcohol and tobacco, both of which are legal and heavily marketed yet cannabis is still classified as Schedule I, as if it has no medical value. That’s a lie, and we all know it.

The real reason cannabis was criminalized was racism and control. Laws were created to target and imprison Black and Brown communities, destroy families, and lock us out of opportunities. While others profit off this plant today, many of us are still being punished for it. That’s not justice.

Descheduling cannabis means true legalization, not just access, it means opening the door for herbalists, small farmers, community healers, and caregivers like me to participate freely and fully. It means honoring what this plant really is: a sacred, healing tool that deserves respect not punishment.

We need to deschedule cannabis to repair the harm, protect wellness freedom, and ensure that we, not just corporations can grow, heal, and thrive with the plant that has always been ours.

There is more than enough evidence to **deschedule cannabis now**. This plant is not a dangerous drug it’s **natural medicine** that’s been used by our ancestors for healing, ceremony, and everyday wellness for generations. Science backs it up: cannabis helps with chronic pain, anxiety, PTSD, insomnia, epilepsy, and so much more. It is safer than alcohol and tobacco both of which are legal and heavily marketed yet cannabis is still classified as Schedule I, as if it has no medical value. That’s a lie, and we all know it.

The real reason cannabis was criminalized was **racism and control**. Laws were created to target and imprison Black and Brown communities, destroy families, and lock us out of opportunities. While others profit off this plant today, many of us are still being punished for it. That’s not justice.

Descheduling cannabis means **true legalization**, not just access it means opening the door for herbalists, small farmers, community healers, and caregivers like me to participate freely and fully. It means honoring what this plant really is: a **sacred, healing tool** that deserves respect not punishment.

We need to deschedule cannabis to **repair the harm**, protect wellness freedom, and ensure that we not just corporations can grow, heal, and thrive with the plant that has always been ours.

Cannabis being federally descheduled means everything to me. It’s not just about legal access, it’s about liberation, ancestral healing, and justice. I’ve been using my platforms @ohso_stribble and @cannawomanheal to speak truth about the ways cannabis prohibition has harmed our people and how this plant has helped heal me emotionally, spiritually, and physically.

When I talk about cannabis, I’m not talking about a trend, I’m talking about a sacred plant that has been used for generations by our ancestors. It’s a tool for restoration. A teacher. A way back to ourselves. And now it’s past the time for us to see progress with descheduling, I’m holding space for celebration and deep reflection. Because descheduling alone doesn’t repair the damage that’s been done.

As I wrote in my article, Cannabis Freedom Day (5/20) https://weresurviving.com/post/cannabis-freedom-day-520, we need to remember the history of how prohibition was rooted in racism, fear, and control. Laws were designed to lock us out, break our families, and criminalize our culture. And while descheduling is a step forward, equity, access, and education must follow. There are still too many of us being left behind, even as the industry grows.

I use cannabis in my healing work every day. Through Cann’A Woman Heal Wellness, I help women reconnect with their bodies and spirit using herbs including cannabis. This plant has supported me through trauma, depression, PTSD, and more. It’s helped me reclaim my joy, my worth, and my power. It has shown me how to slow down, listen to my body, and honor my ancestors.

So yes, I’m grateful to see more fighting for descheduling and it being taken seriously. But I’m also watching closely. Because cannabis freedom isn’t just about policy it’s about people. It’s about repairing harm, creating space for us in this industry, and recognizing the plant as a sacred, natural medicine not just another commodity.

We’re not here to be tokenized. We’re here to thrive, to grow, and to lead. And I’ll keep speaking up until every one of us has the right to cultivate, heal, and build with this plant without fear, stigma, or limitation. Cannabis saved my life. It’s time we return the respect it deserves and make sure real freedom comes with this change.