Throughout January 2026, the Maui Coalition for Drug-Free Youth (MCDFY) partnered with schools, community organizations, and local leaders to engage young people in activities focused on impaired-driving awareness, substance use prevention, and positive decision-making. Through art, education, and youth leadership,…
Charlene and Everett Brown deliver remarks on the dangers of impaired driving, accompanied onstage by their son. The 7th Annual Hannah Brown Memorial event was held on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at the County of Maui building to remember the…
Big tobacco companies including Altria, Jocor, JUUL, Philip Morris (PMI Global Services) and Reynolds American (RAI Services), have given over $400,000 in campaign donations to Hawai‘i candidates in the last 10 years. The Coalition For a Tobacco-Free Hawai‘i is asking…
The Maui Coalition for Drug-Free Youth (MCDFY) made important strides over the summer of 2025. The coalition’s youth arm, the Maui Nui Youth Council (MNYC), is officially back in action. MNYC is a youth-centered advocacy group that builds leadership capacity…
Pictured: the NoWAC 2025 Hawai‘i delegation: EHDFC members Rita Miller, Hawai‘i County Prosecutor’s Office; Sally Ancheta, EHDFC Coordinator; Camlyn Pola, EHDFC Vice-Chair; Makena Young, MADD HI; and Julie Mejia, HIAPA Statewide Coordinator. Not pictured: Brittany Cass, Bold Like Britt. This…
Lāhainā, Maui — A vibrant new mural now brightens the Lāhainā Boys & Girls Club, unveiled on July 28 through a collaboration between Keep It Flowing and the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT). Titled “Drive with Aloha,” the mural delivers…
On August 16, the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai’i Youth Council hosted its annual Awareness-Building Workshop, designed to give youth members new tools to raise awareness in their schools and communities while building stronger connections with one another. The…
The Maui Coalition for Drug-Free Youth (MCDFY) recently participated in the Retail Alcohol Data (RAD) Collaborative, an initiative designed to empower coalitions with local data to support pricing and policy strategies that reduce alcohol-related harms. From January to March 2025,…
As the 2025 legislative session comes to a close, efforts to lower Hawai‘i’s legal blood alcohol content (BAC) limit for impaired driving from 0.08% to 0.05% made meaningful progress, even though the bill ultimately did not pass. With strong support…
Throughout the year, the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai‘i’s Youth Council has worked to raise awareness, educate, and advocate at the state and county levels to fight Big Tobacco and reduce youth e-cigarette use. Their efforts came together on Take…
The Hawai‘i Alcohol Policy Alliance (HIAPA) has returned to the State Capitol for the fifth year in a row to advocate for the passage of legislation to lower the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) from 0.08 to 0.05 percent. Each…
Senator Mazie Hirono’s staff members with EHDFC Vice-Chair Camlyn Pola, Coordinator Sally Ancheta, Victoria Schlesinger, and Jasmine Castro. In early February, members of the East Hawaiʻi Drug-Free Coalition had the honor of meeting with Hawaiʻi Senate staff from Senator Schatz’s…