#COP17 is underway in Yerevan, Armenia! 🇦🇲 Marcela Gutiérrez-Graudiņš (@minsd), Azul's Founder & Executive Director, will join 3 side-event panels to highlight the importance of connecting ocean protection, community priorities, and action across levels of government.

Azul, in cooperation with the Congressional @HispanicCaucus, brought the 2026 National Azul Poll: Latinos and the Ocean to Capitol Hill this week for a briefing on our communities' priorities Deepest gratitude to @RepEspaillat, Chair of the CHC, for his ongoing support & work!

“Our beaches are for the people — not for crony capitalism.” ‼️ California's coastal protections work. Now it's up to us to defend them. 📣 Submit a public comment to NOAA by August 22 at 11:59 PM PT Visit Azul.org to take action!!! #ProtectOurCoast

Are you in the Bay Area? 🌊 This Saturday, catch Azul on @NBCBayArea's OpenRoad with Doug McConnell (@openroadtv) and see how Azul is working to advance ocean justice in California and beyond! 📅 Saturday, July 25 🕡 6:30 PM PT 📺 NBC Bay Area + stay tuned for more! 👀

“The ocean is not on the sidelines of the world's biggest challenges. It's at the center of them.” — John Kerry During #OurOcean2026, @minsd, Azul Founder and Executive Director, joined leaders from around the world to keep momentum moving forward for our blue planet. 🌎 🌊

🌊🇲🇽 COMUNICADO OFICIAL 🇲🇽🌊 Por causas relacionadas con el Mundial y el apoyo incondicional a El Tri, Azul se suma al operativo #NoInglés. A partir de hoy y hasta el lunes, no hacemos advocacy. Hacemos metichez profesional. 🌊⚽✨ #ysisí

The future of ocean justice requires bold ideas, collaborative problem-solving, and leaders ready to turn knowledge into action. This year’s Action Lab proved these leaders are already here. 🌊🩵 🔗 azul.org/en/blog/ocean-month…

From hands-on strategy workshops and Capitol Hill Meetings to #Upwell2026 and #CHOW2026, participants demonstrated what’s possible when communities are in the room and shaping the conversation. As @minsd reminded us during Upwell, “Policy without people is just paper.”

This year’s RLI Deep Dive: Action Lab brought together #LatinosMarinos advocates from across the country who had previously completed our training programs for a week of hands-on training, policy advocacy, community building, and leadership development focused on #IUUfishing.

“@CalNatResources’s new Equity and Environmental Justice Policy marks an important milestone in CA's ongoing commitment to ensuring that all people, not just a privileged few, have a meaningful voice in decisions about our shared natural resources," - @minsd, Azul Founder & ED

Azul Founder and Executive Director @minsd joined U.S. civil society leaders last week at the 11th #OurOceanConference in Mombasa, Kenya! 🌊 🇰🇪 At a time when federal participation from the U.S. may be shifting, one thing is clear: the work to protect our ocean continues. #OOC11