Announcing 2023 Speakers!
Hear an artist, scientist or ocean activist at Tacoma Ocean Fest, June 4, 2023.
Be inspired, learn something new.
EBONY WELBORN
Ebony Welborn (she/her), co-founder of Sea Potential, was raised as an outdoor child, majored in Environmental Studies, and has worked for several years in the environmental field particularly in aquatic environments. Inspired by her lived experiences, she saw an opportunity to realign with her passions of working with BIPOC youth and marine ecosystems. Ebony is committed to understanding the perspectives of both human and non-human beings to ensure that everyone feels seen, heard, and valued.
11:30am SPEAKER STAGE
BRADY BRADSHAW
Join Senior Oceans Campaigner Brady Bradshaw with the Center for Biological Diversity to learn about how the Port of Tacoma expansions impact our beloved, critically endangered Southern Resident orcas, and learn powerful and effective ways to stand up for them.
1:15pm SPEAKER STAGE
RIVER MESCHI
Ocean Fest 2023 lead artist River Meschi speaks about her incredible digital art and sand painting, her influences from Mexican, Indian, Latvian and Tibetan Buddhist cultures, and how all waters are connected both physically and in our deepest depths of mythology and spirituality.
3:30pm SPEAKER STAGE
