Meet Liz Lee!

Liz, the Government Affairs Staff Attorney at Our Children’s Trust, strives to increase OCT’s presence on Capitol Hill, ensuring the voices of our youth plaintiffs – and issues around children’s constitutional rights - are heard by policymakers and our partners.

Meet Nicolas Lama!

Nicolas led research projects tracking climate and environmental policies and played a pivotal role educating members of Congress on OCT’s mission and youth-led cases during his internship while studying at Columbia University.

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Meet John Beard!

John partners with Our Children’s Trust to rally our coalition partners, including People vs. Fossil Fuel, to end the eight-year campaign that is denying the Juliana youth plaintiffs' access to justice. He co-delivered a petition to the U.S. Department of Justice that urged them to open the courthouse doors to the 21 youth plaintiffs. He is the founder and CEO of Port Arthur Community Action Network (PACAN), an environmental justice advocacy and community development non-profit organization.

Meet Zanagee Artis!

Zanagee is the founder and executive director of ZeroHour, a youth-led organization applying the power of collective action to shape a sustainable future. Zero Hours partners with Our Children’s Trust, joining with youth plaintiffs to hold their government accountable for violating children’s constitutional rights.

On B-Horror Films and Marine Heatwaves

It’s rare that camp classic 1950s Hollywood horror films cross paths with extreme human-caused climate disasters, but such is the case when we look at “The Blob.” This 1958 sci-fi drive-in classic has its climate counterpart in late 2013, ending its run in 2016. The Blob, scientifically, was the longest and most intense marine heatwave ever recorded in human history, which covered much of the northeastern Pacific spanning from southwest of Hawai’i to the north coast of Alaska.