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Blue Convergence Fund
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Blue Convergence Fund is a grant-making organization that supports research partnerships and strategic outreach - bringing together interdisciplinary experts, managers, policymakers, and communities around issues in ocean and coastal sustainability.
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🦑 On Dec 3 at 3pm ET/12pm PT come learn our new Ocean Biodiversity portfolio. This is an invitation to the start of a conversation - with communities - about how ocean biodiversity shows up in your life. Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🦑 We created an event page for our upcoming Launching Ocean Biodiversity webinar. Check it out and register: www.linkedin.com/events/73947...
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🦑 On Dec 3 at 3pm ET/12pm PT come learn our new Ocean Biodiversity portfolio. This is an invitation to the start of a conversation - with communities - about how ocean biodiversity shows up in your life. Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🦑 The webinar recording for Part 1 of Managing Protected Areas in a Changing Ocean is now available! Watch the recording on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Wk...

Join us for Part 2 on Thurs, December. Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🦑 Thank you to all who joined us on Friday for the first of our two-part webinar series on Managing Protected Areas in a Changing Ocean. We will post the recording very soon! In the meantime, join us for second webinar on Thursday, Dec 11. Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reminder - join us for Part 1 tomorrow at 11am ET for a webinar on all we've learned from the Lenfest Ocean Program's support of a portfolio of projects on Managing Protected Areas in a Changing Ocean: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🦑 Whether you love to be on the water or walk on the beach, our special places and the animals and plants that live there improve our wellbeing and feed our cultural identities. Join us on Dec 3 at 3pm ET/12pm PT to learn about our new Ocean Biodiversity: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🦑 Join us tomorrow night for The Nature of Our Times poetry reading! Let's celebrate the power of words to capture the beauty of our lands, waters, and wildlife. This is particularly special as we embark on a new Ocean Biodiversity portfolio. Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🦑 On December 3rd, our Director of Outreach & Engagement Emily Knight, MS, MFA will discuss how we intend to foster community from the ground up in our Ocean Biodiversity portfolio. More in our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/blueconverge...
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🦑 Join our Program Director Jason Landrum to launch our Ocean Biodiversity portfolio! Learn more in our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/blueconverge...
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🦑 Our October newsletter has arrived! Key highlights include an invite to our upcoming virtual event to launch our new Ocean Biodiversity portfolio as well as a blog by Dominique Kone about his key takeaways from attending #WIOMSA2025.
mailchi.mp/blueconverge...
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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🦑 Our Friday reminder that the best way to keep up with all we're doing is to sign up for our monthly newsletter. A lot is already happening... and there's only more to come. Join us: blueconvergence.org/newsletter-s...
October 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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🦑 I'm so excited to host this event - join us! It's not often my professional life and creative writing life come together!
Join us on Thursday, November 6 at 8pm ET for a poetry reading featuring contributors to The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🦑 Great blog post by @compassscicomm.bsky.social. There is much interest out there in co-production and transdisciplinary research to improve management and policy outcomes. This piece breaks down just what those terms mean in practice.
www.compassscicomm.org/transdiscipl...
Transdisciplinary Research: Embedding Communication & Collaboration into the Full Research Cycle | COMPASS
Effective communication is reciprocal. It’s not just about getting your message across; it requires a back-and-forth between parties, where shared understanding and  mutual commitments develop as both...
www.compassscicomm.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🦑 Our Friday reminder that the best way to keep up with all we're doing is to sign up for our monthly newsletter. A lot is already happening... and there's only more to come. Join us: blueconvergence.org/newsletter-s...
October 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Join us on Thursday, November 6 at 8pm ET for a poetry reading featuring contributors to The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🦑 A warm welcome to #WIOMSA2025! We are so glad to be here, if you are too, be sure to catch up with our own Sarah Close and Dominque Kone!
September 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🦑 Join us on Thurs, Nov 6, 8pm ET for an evening poetry reading from The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders. Register: bit.ly/4gJedgS
September 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🦑 September newsletter: New Ocean Biodiversity portfolio directed by our own Jason Landrum, invite to a virtual poetry reading hosted by our own @emilyknight.bsky.social, and an invite to a two-part webinar series on Managing Protected Areas in a Changing Ocean. Check it out: bit.ly/42cvsBa
September 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🦑 Will you be at hashtag #WIOMSA2025? Remember to find our Program Director Sarah Close and Program Officer Dominique Kone. This conference is a wonderful opportunity to understand how science is informing management and policy across the Western Indian Ocean.
September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🦑 Our latest newsletter is out, featuring our new Ocean Biodiversity portfolio under the leadership of Program Director Jason Landrum and Director of Outreach & Engagement @emilyknight.bsky.social. Join us: us14.campaign-archive.com?e=__test_ema...
September 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🦑 Our September newsletter is out and announcing our new Ocean Biodiversity portfolio, a poetry virtual event, and more: mailchi.mp/blueconverge...
September 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🦑 We're doing something a little different at BCF - we're holding a virtual poetry reading hosted by our own @emilyknight.bsky.social. Come celebrate our oceans and other natural wonders on Thursday, November 6, 8pm ET/5pm PT/2pm HT!

Register via zoom: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🦑 At #ClimateWeekNYC? So is our Executive Director Charlotte Hudson - make sure to connect. Also, to provide some inspiration, our own Emily Knight, MS, MFA had a poem in The Nature or Our Times online gallery reflecting on #climatechange: natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org/string-lights/
String Lights - The Nature of Our Times
I remember Bethany Beach, Delaware, me, a child, digging up sand crabs the afternoon long, as the cranky surf churned up the overflowing bottom, so full of food for conks, crabs, gulls, more… incredul...
natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org
September 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🦑 Join us for a virtual learning series featuring a suite of researchers working at the intersection of local coastal communities and provincial and national managers to integrate climate adaptation measures into MPA management.

Nov 7: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Dec 11: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
As you sail off into your weekend, remember the best way to keep up with all things BCF is to sign up for our monthly newsletter: blueconvergence.org/newsletter-s...
September 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM