The National Ocean Protection Coalition (NOPC) is a coalition of more than 50 organizations representing national, regional, and local perspectives from across the United States. We work to create and enhance equitable and effective U.S. marine protected areas – special places in the ocean that help to ensure a healthy ocean for the benefit of people and serve as a refuge for the wildlife that call these underwater places home. By convening people and organizations, we strategically activate our collective power to advance conservation for a healthy ocean. NOPC is committed to reflecting and advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) throughout its work and it will advance priorities driven by an overarching strategy rooted in inclusion that begins with small, yet meaningful