Our Children's Trust
@youthvgov
We are a non-profit public interest law firm that provides strategic legal services to youth to secure their rights to a safe climate #climatechange #youthvgov
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Join us and our friends at People vs. Fossil Fuels to Tell President Biden Joe Biden & U.S. Department of Justice: We demand the Juliana 21 be heard at trial! Don’t let the DOJ silence Our Children's Trust. Contact The White House & DOJ TODAY to ensure the DOJ hears America’s #ClimateAction case. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-t…
STAND WITH 169 YOUTH PLAINTIFFS. Our Children's Trust Our children fighting for their futures. #ClimateActionNow ourchildrenstrust.app.neoncrm.com/forms/one-time…
Join us in welcoming Mat dos Santos as our new Co-Executive Director & General Cousel 👏 Mat has 20+ years of experience litigating high profile cases on behalf of historically oppressed communities as well as fortune 500 companies. Read more: bit.ly/4cTbGyi #YouthvGov
📣 LET’S GET LOUD! Join us at the White House on 4/21 at 1pm and demand that @potus tell his U.S. Department of Justice to stop abusing the legal system and let the Juliana youth plaintiffs present their evidence at trial ⚖️ RSVP: bit.ly/JulianaRally #YouthvGov #SaveJuliana
Our Children’s Trust represents 169 youth across the world! This Earth Month, your donation champions youth climate rights. Each of 169 gifts representing our plaintiffs before April 30, unlocks a $40K challenge grant. Give today: bit.ly/GiveOCT #YouthvGov
Join us and @fridaysforfuturedc to jam to music from multiple bands, listen to amazing young change-makers, including youth plaintiffs from three of our landmark climate cases, and rally for climate justice! RSVP: EarthDayDC.org #YouthvGov
A huge THANK YOU to these wonderful organizations for cohosting the Rally to #SaveJuliana : My Voice. My Rights. Our Future 🙏 Action for the Climate Emergency, Campus Climate Network, @ccan, @climatedefiance, People vs. Fossil Fuels, Zero Hour, Amnesty International USA, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, Rachel Carson Council, Schools4ClimateAction
These 18 young Californians will continue to be impacted by the climate crisis unless the EPA is forced to do its job. This Earth Month, support Genesis, as they fight for climate justice in our courts. Give today: bit.ly/GiveOCT 💚 #YouthvGov
Juliana v. U.S. is now it’s in the hands of @potus. On 4/21, the Juliana 21 need you with them to demand Biden be the Climate President he promised to be. RSVP and rally with us to #SaveJuliana ! Bit.ly/JulianaRally Video credit: The YEARS Project #YouthvGov
🚨European governments are failing to protect people from the impacts of the climate crisis. This is why 3 generations of citizens KlimaSeniorinnen, Youth4ClimateJustice, Damien CAREME 🌍 sued their governments⚖️ TOMORROW ECHR CEDH will rule on the 3 climate lawsuits.
This Earth Day weekend, we’re taking the fight to #SaveJuliana to the White House on 4/21 and we need you to RALLY with us! Join us outside the White House as we tell President Biden: we have the right to be heard. RSVP: bit.ly/JulianaRally
Judge Seeley ruled that Montana laws that promote fossil fuels and require turning a blind eye to climate change are unconstitutional. In Sept 2023, the state filed its appeal to the MT SC and the parties now await a date for oral arguments. bit.ly/4aDhwSg #YouthvGov
A group of Democratic lawmakers urged the circuit court panel to allow the youth climate lawsuit Juliana v. US to proceed to trial despite Justice Department attempts to defeat the case. #SaveJuliana Our Children's Trust
The Juliana plaintiffs deserve to be heard.
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This month’s newsletter is featuring blog posts from Juliana v. U.S. youth plaintiff, Nathan, Held v. Montana plaintiff, Eva and author and supporter Lawrence MacDonald. Read their pieces: bit.ly/4ap9vB0 bit.ly/3vwfgxB bit.ly/4anl2AB #YouthvGov
Join us for a discussion on climate change's impact on California’s people, environment & future with Julia Olson of Our Children's Trust, HRC's Betsy Popken + Linda Gordon & Center for Law, Energy & the Environment's Louise Bedsworth. Lunch served!
📍UC Berkeley Law 110
🗓️ April 16
⌚️ 12:45-2
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Journey has been fighting in this lawsuit for nearly 9 years and Biden’s U.S. Department of Justice is doing everything it can to prevent a trial. Join us on April 21st at 1pm in front of the White House for a rally to #SaveJuliana ! RSVP: bit.ly/JulianaRally #YouthvGov
Don't miss the CBA Aboriginal and Environmental, Energy, and Resources Law Summit! 🌿🌎 Register now to hear Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, K.C., discuss how conserving biodiversity is informed by Haida Law.
➡️bit.ly/3SjK8d3 #CBAAEERLS
We’re excited to share part three of our collaboration with OpenGlobalRights, titled “The neocolonial violence of the 1.5°C threshold” written by Juan Auz and Phillip Paiement. Read the article: bit.ly/OGR-PART3 #YouthvGov
Proud to join 30 of my colleagues in a “friend of the court” brief filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals asking for the historic constitutional climate lawsuit Juliana v. US to be allowed to proceed to trial.
Learn more here: bit.ly/49flT55 #SaveJuliana