Elizabeth Stephenson
Director, Marine Conservation Action Fund, New England Aquarium
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- United States of America
Which category below best describes the type of organisation you currently work for/or run?
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Would you be open to sharing your lessons learned with the WildHub community?
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Nervours Daka
Donor Relations Specialist, AFRICAN HEALTH VOLUNTEERS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESCUE AND REFERRALS PARTNERSHIPS
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Thanks @Thirza Loffeld for putting @Elizabeth Stephenson on my radar!
Elizabeth, this resonated so deeply for me "“The majority world is home to talented conservationists who have historically been underrepresented due to colonialism, parachute science, and deep inequalities in the ability to get visas to travel to conferences.”
Equitable conservation policy is the focus of my consultancy, but I am also a newly appointed Advisory Board Member for 10% For the Ocean, a UK-based charity aiming to increase ocean conservation philanthropy and direct it specifically to locally focused, smaller organizations doing ocean conservation work. I'm going to invite the Program Director to WildHub shortly, but there are upcoming consultation sessions for potential grantees to provide feedback on the org's new strategy and grant application. I think it's a great model. Would you please pass on to the small local organizations in your network? Announcement here (the website is getting revamped, so I'm linking to the LI page):
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7188138231614361600/
Thanks for connecting us, @Thirza Loffeld! It's so nice to meet you, @Elizabeth Silleck La Rue, Esq., and learn about the important work you are doing on equity. Thank you for your kind words and for sharing the 10% for the Ocean opportunity. I shared it on LinkedIn and will pass it along to the project leaders and fellows we work with. I agree that pursuing a participatory approach is a great model!
Wonderful to read Elizabeth! Thank you for sharing and I hope all is well with you and the team at MCAF!
Thanks so much, Thirza! All is well! I hope you are doing well, too!
Thank you for this opportunity, Natalie! It was such a pleasure working with you! Thank you for shining a light on the work of MCAF Fellows and Grantees!
Hi James,
Thanks for sharing your work with the St. Helena National Trust. I will be sure to follow your posts as well to learn more!
As far as plastics and case studies, I am guessing that The Ocean Conservancy has a large focus on marine debris.
https://oceanconservancy.org/trash-free-seas/
Take care and let's stay in touch!
Kind regards,
Elizabeth
This is great Henry! So nice to be co-chairing this room with you!
Hi Elizabeth, wonderful to have you in our community! Thank you for chairing the Marine Conservation room - I am excited to have a space for such discussions for our community.
Thanks so much Thirza! I appreciate your help in creating the room and am glad to be a part of the WildHub community!
These are stunning! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work!