Monthly Archives: March 2011

From the 2011 Leadership Summit – “M”

In March 2011, teens in Ventura, CA gathered for a Leadership Summit to explore social issues and discuss their ideas for possible solutions for reducing underage and binge drinking and impaired driving in their community. Activities included improv games and social change theatre exploration, videomaking, writing, and discussion. Here are some thoughts, comments and essays [...]

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States with worst beer tax rates

Marin Institute recently launched the Neglected and Outdated Beer Taxes Map, an interactive tool to help policymakers balance state budgets. The map reveals states suffering the most from Big Beer’s influence: states with beer taxes stuck at absurdly low rates, with some set as long ago as the 1930s. It particularly highlights twelve states with [...]

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From the 2011 Leadership Summit – Keldon

In March 2011, teens in Ventura, CA gathered for a Leadership Summit to explore social issues and discuss their ideas for possible solutions for reducing underage and binge drinking and impaired driving in their community. Activities included improv games and social change theatre exploration, videomaking, writing, and discussion. Here are some thoughts, comments and essays [...]

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We need you to support your community!

Please make your voice heard and offer support to preventing alcohol-related problems in Ventura! The Circle K convenience store located at Mills and Main in Ventura, has been caught, in three different sting operations, selling alcohol to minors. Not only that, but their policy of selling single-serve beer/malt beverages and hard alcohol contributes to the [...]

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