Home
Search
Sign up to receive Action Alerts and eNews  join button horiz                                         Stay Connected 

Women's Day For Peace March to End Illegal Alcohol Activity at Whiteclay, Nebraska


MEDIA ADVISORY
For events occurring August 31, 2013

English pdf
Spanish pdf
 
Contact: Olowan Martinez 605 899-0044
Jorge Castillo 213 840-3336
                                                       

Women's Day For Peace March to End Illegal Alcohol Activity at Whiteclay, Nebraska

Women Activists from Across the U.S. Unite in Support of the Oglala Lakota Nation's Fight Against Alcohol Corporations
 
WHITECLAY, NEBRASKA (August 29, 2013) - Alcohol Justice is reporting that the women of the Oglala Lakota Nation will hold a peaceful march on August 31, 2013, from the Four Way Stop in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, to Whiteclay, Nebraska. "The whole world watches as we fight to save our nation from the mental disease of Alcoholism," stated activist Olowan Martinez. People are encouraged to bring pictures, banners, and crosses to represent loved ones lost to alcohol related causes. An open mic get together will be held at the Zero Tolerance Camp after the march, then a dinner to follow.

Over the past few months, tension has intensified between Pine Ridge activists, Whiteclay liquor storeowners, and the Pivo Anheuser-Busch beer distributor. Iån several instances activists successfully blockaded the delivery of Budweiser beer to the local Whiteclay liquor stores. Storeowners responded by arming inebriated customers with bats and fireworks, and offering them financial compensation, to confront the activists. Since April 30, 2013, activists have maintained a Zero Tolerance Camp along the border to document illegal activities committed by Whiteclay liquor storeowners, such as selling to intoxicated patrons and solicitation.

Activists are also charging that the illegal alcohol activity and bootlegging have not been stopped in Whiteclay, Nebraska because of heavy financial contributions to Nebraska legislators from Anheuser-Busch, alcohol distributors and alcohol trade associations.

Big Alcohol political financial contributions include:
  • $96,000 to Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman (making the alcohol industry one of his top contributors)
  • $86,000 to Nebraska State Attorney General Jon Bruning (since 2008)
  • $135,000 to candidates for Nebraska in-state offices in 2010 (according to the Institute on Money in State Politics)

What:   Women's Day of Peace March
 
When:  12 p.m., Saturday, August 31, 2013
 
Where: Border of Pine Ridge, South Dakota and Whitelclay, Nebraska

Who: Supporters include:
  • Oglala Sioux Tribal President Bryan Brewer
  • Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council
  • Deep Green Resistance
  • Nebraskans for Peace
  • Alcohol Justice
  • U.S. community allies

Why:
  • 25% of Pine Ridge Reservation youth suffer from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
  • 2/3 of Pine Ridge Reservation adults suffer from alcoholism
  • 75 percent of the beer bootlegged at Whiteclay, comes from the Pivo Anheuser-Busch distributor based out of Scottsbluff, Nebraska
  • To stop the illegal alcohol activity at Whiteclay, Nebraska such as:
    • Retailer participation in alcohol smuggling into the Pine Ridge Reservation
    • Trade of alcohol for sex
    • Loitering at the premises of alcohol retailers with open containers
    • The inability of Nebraska Liquor Commission to stop illegal retailer activity
    • Recent homicides and physical violence
    • Alcohol sales to minors
    • Alcohol sales to intoxicated people

To see past Anheuser-Busch political campaign donations in Nebraska click here:
http://bit.ly/14AKNr3

To see the event Facebook page go to:
https://www.facebook.com/events/486014351487289/

Media Availability: 
For more info or to schedule interviews, contact Jorge Castillo, Advocacy Director, Alcohol Justice (213) 840-3336.

WomensDay4Peace2012
Photo by Deep Green Resistance

###

TAKE ACTION

Don't mortgage the future.

Bring alcohol fees into the present & fund our kids at $500m a year.

TAKE ACTION
TO MODERNIZE CA
ALCOHOL TAXES



a martini glass, a beer glass, and a wine glass in front of a nickel
CA lawmakers want to:
♦ sell more alcohol at colleges
♦ market to underage students
♦ let the excise tax decay

TELL THEM THERE'S A BETTER WAY

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

*NEW* RUNAWAY RISE IN CA ALCOHOL LEGISLATION
Orange bars surround a spiraling picture of the inside of the California capitol dome, inside the orange bars it reads Circling the Barrel and A Report from Alcohol Justice
CIRCLING THE BARREL:
CA Alcohol Legislative Trends 2013-2022



Recent publications
OUR STORES, OUR FUTURE
Ending Unsafe Alcohol Retail Practices

IN THE DOGHOUSE

On a yellow-green background, a rat stands atop a weathered wooden bar trying to drink from a beer tap, next to a foamy sample glass

Big Alcohol Bids for Underage College Students, Cal State Willing to Sell

AB 840 is moving steadily through the legislature, with few aware of its true impact: to vastly increase the alcohol industry's ability to paste ads all over Cal State campuses, and reach its 180,000 underage students.

READ MORE...

LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY

californiaCA Alcohol Legislation
All legislation related to alcohol policy in Sacramento. Includes analysis & position letters from AJ & CAPA.


Narcan Kit VsmallNEW!  CA Opioid Legislation
CA bills concerning opioid and overdose prevention, recovery, and treatment.



all bills from every state and federalNationwide Legislative Tracking
State-by-state and federal bills relevant to AJ projects/campaigns.




ADVOCACY TOOLS

Tax Calculator
              Legislative Activity
              Fact Sheets
              a dialogue bubble with an exclamation in it Online ABC Complaint Form