Media Advisory
May 2nd, 2016
Press contact:
Jessye Stein: peopleoverpipelines@gmail.com, 605.223.5930
Manape Lamere: manape.lamere@winnebagotribe.com, 712.204.0570
Pipeline Fighters Complete 500-mile Run to Omaha
Delivering Petition to Corps of Engineers Demanding “No Dakota Access”
Who: #RunForYourLife:NoDAPL youth runners
What: Runners will complete a 500-mile run from Cannon Ball, ND to the US Army Corps of Engineers district office.
Where: “Pioneer Park” at 14th and Capitol ave, Omaha, NE
When: 11:45 am - Tuesday, May 3rd 2016
Why: In resistance of the Dakota Access pipeline, Native and Non-native citizens are running to Omaha to deliver a petition against the Bakken oil project and demand its permit denial.
Interview Opportunities:
Bobbi Jean Three Legs: Lead Runner and Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Citizen
Manape Lamere: Nebraska Run Logistics Coordinator
Paul Seamans: South Dakota farmer and Board Member of Dakota Rural Action
Ed Fallon: Director of BOLD Iowa
Key Visual Moments:
- 20-30 Native and Non-native runners arrive at Pioneer Park, Downtown Omaha
- Delivery of Petition to ACoE officials at Edward Zorinsky Federal Bldg, 1616 Capitol Ave, Omaha, NE 68102, north side entrance steps
- Press conference with runners, tribal leaders and non-Native landowners
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