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    The Case

    On June 1, 2022, 13 young people from Hawai‘i filed a constitutional climate lawsuit against their state government and the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT).

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    The People

    Meet the plaintiffs, their legal team, experts, and the defendants in Navahine v. Hawai‘i Department of Transportation.

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    Navahine v. Hawai’i DOT hit headlines locally, nationally, and globally. Read select coverage.

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Our Children’s Trust

  • Andrea Rodgers
  • Joanna Zeigler
  • Julia Olson
  • Laura Mebert
  • Phil Gregory
  • Stephanie Drake

Earthjustice

  • Isaac Moriwake
  • Kylie Wager Cruz
  • Leinā‘ala L. Ley
  • Navahine F.
  • Charlotte M.
  • ʻIlikea N.
  • Kalālapa W.
  • Kalikookalani T.
  • Kaʻōnohi P.
  • Kawena F.
  • Kū Kapu
  • Mesina D.
  • Pahonu C.
  • Rylee Brooke K.
  • Seed L.
  • Taliya N.
  • Catherine Smith, J.D.
  • Daniel Sperling, Ph.D.
  • Greg Asner, Ph.D.
  • Jeff Mikulina
  • Kealoha Fox, Ph.D.
  • Lise Van Susteren, M.D.
  • Mark Z. Jacobson, Ph.D.
  • Michael Replogle
  • Rosanna ʻAnolani Alegado, Ph.D.
  • Steve Running, Ph.D.

Legal team

As advocates, our job is to make sure children’s voices are heard in courts of law. The Navahine legal team are Andrea Rodgers, Joanna Zeigler, Julia Olson, Phil Gregory, and Laura Mebert with Our Children’s Trust and Kylie Wager Cruz and Isaac Moriwake with Earthjustice.

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Stephanie Drake

Stephanie joined Our Children’s Trust in May 2023, and has worked on Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Dept. of Transportation along with similar cases since her arrival.

She began her career in criminal defense, she then spent the following ten years focusing on labor and employment matters for both the plaintiff and defense side at the state and federal level before joining Our Children’s Trust. As a native Spanish speaker, Stephanie taught ESL to students through a local community organization and appreciates devoting time to volunteering with various non-profits that work with youth in her home state of Texas where she is based. 

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