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After President Barack Obama said he isn’t planning to push for marijuana reform during the last year of his administration, the activists behind D.C.’s successful push to legalize cannabis decided they needed to escalate the issue. So they’re “moving” 4/20, the unofficial public pot holiday, to 4/2 and blowing smoke outside the White House.

“We have nothing left to do,” says prolific organizer Adam Eidinger, of DCMJ. “He told us that he’s not going to reschedule marijuana before he leaves office.”

The unpermitted gathering is slated to start at 2 p.m. on April 2 and feature speakers from a number of cannabis advocacy organizations. After two hours and twenty minutes, participants will be invited to light up in protest. For those inclined toward slightly less obvious forms of civil disobedience, DCMJ recommends going with marijuana-laced treats. From the invitation:

“Do you think the National Park Service will go after your brownies, gummies, rice crispy treats, or cookies? Doubtful. As we #Reschedule420 this year, we encourage people who do not want to smoke or vape their cannabis to eat it as a form of protest. So in the misquoted words of Marie Antoinette, LET THEM EAT CAKE!”

Although it is legal to possess up to two ounces of marijuana in the District of Columbia, according to local law, smoking in public remains illegal. And the city’s rules don’t apply to the federal land that makes up about 20 percent of the District.

Federal law classifies marijuana—along with heroin, MDMA, mescaline, and other drugs—as a Schedule 1 classified substance. That classification is what DCMJ is targeting with their “mass-consumption of cannabis,” Eidinger says. “This impacts people all across the country. We are living in the dark ages.”

After weeks of discussing possible actions, the group was inspired, he tells DCist, by Bill Maher.

The comedian smoked pot on an episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher” a few weeks ago. “I use medical marijuana because my third eye has glaucoma. And you know, it’s acting up right now,” Maher jokes, before lighting a joint in the middle of a seven-minute diatribe about the country’s patchwork marijuana regulations.

DCMJ is “rescheduling” the smoking holiday from 4/20 to 4/2 to keep the focus on that particular issue—rather than the general revelry of the day. They’re spinning it as “Obama’s been a 0 on this issue,” Eidinger explains. “He has the same marijuana policy as George Bush. He’s a hypocrite and we’re calling him out.”

The president recently told House Democrats that rescheduling the drug isn’t among his priorities for the last year of his administration. “On marijuana, [Obama] gave the same answer as when I asked him seven years ago: ‘If you get me a bill, and get it on my desk, I’ll probably sign it,’ ” Rep. Steve Cohen recounted to The Washington Post.

“We don’t want this left up to Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton,” Eidinger says. So, yes, “I’m going to be engaging in civil disobedience” and smoking outside the president’s abode. “And I know many other people will, too. We know we’re going to end up in jail, potentially.”

But the hope, he says, is that it will kick off a series of protests and arrests akin to what happened with the Keystone XL protest.

“Maybe by 4/20, there will be thousands of people getting arrested … We’re doing this to inspire the nation.”