The Los Angeles MPA Collaborative channels broad and diverse perspectives to build ocean resilience and promote the cultural, recreational, and ecological value of Los Angeles County’s marine protected areas. To better serve LA’s culturally and ethnically diverse communities with specialized information on marine protected areas, the LA Collaborative is working to develop a strategy for working with community-based groups on MPA outreach. 

MPA Speakers Bureau

Developed an MPA speakers’ training program and provided a pilot MPA Speakers Bureau training at Catalina Island for regional community members. Speakers’ kits were created and will be available for use in the field by participating speakers at four sites, including two on Catalina. In collaboration with and funding from the Catalina MPA Collaborative.

Honor the Ocean Community Event

Honor the Ocean: A Celebration of Los Angeles’ Indigenous Maritime Peoples and Marine Protected Areas, a community event developed and hosted by the LA Collaborative with participation by several partner organizations including but not limited to USC Sea Grant, Heal the Bay, Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation, and Los Angeles Waterkeeper. The event, which occurs every other year, has successfully taken place at Zuma Beach in the Point Dume State Marine Conservation Area in 2016 and 2018.