Monthly News from the W2O

AUGUST NEWSLETTER OF THE W2O

SLAVERY:
HERITAGE AND IDENTITY
In World Ocean Radio's five-part Slavery: Heritage and Identity series we discuss the maritime origins of slavery; the last slave ships that ran kidnapped cargo from Africa to North America; the atrocities of the slave trade and the continuity of structural racism within the U.S. and elsewhere; examples of people of African origin taking back their history and cultural interpretation; the ways in which our shared identity have been shaped by an amalgamation of cultures; projects around the world established to liberate the history surrounding slavery and the slave trade; the conservation and protection of submerged heritage resources; and educational curriculum in Africa and beyond designed to promote connection and ocean literacy.

worldoceanobservatory.org/world-ocean-radio

WORLD OCEAN RADIO:
BROADCASTING WORLDWIDE SINCE 2009

Since our first episode aired in 2009, World Ocean Radio has broadcast more than 550 episodes. We broadcast for podcast listeners on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify and wherever your favorite podcasts are found. Our podcast audience exceeds 5,000 listeners each week! We are heard weekly on college and community radio throughout North America, Europe, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa. World Ocean Radio is distributed in association with the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and the Pacifica Network. We are grateful to our more than 150 broadcast affiliates, including our most recent partners: Michigan State University Student Radio, East Lansing, Michigan; WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio, Richmond, Virginia; Radio St. Pete, Tampa Bay, Florida; KHOI Community Radio, Ames, Iowa; and KIDE FM-Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3 FM, Point Reyes Station, California.
Are you interested in becoming a broadcast affiliate?
Contact director@thew2o.net

SEAFOOD COMMONS AND THE
WEF UPLINK INITIATIVE

The World Economic Forum's UpLink Initiative recently launched the Cohort Program for their first batch of Ocean Innovators tackling critical issues facing our planet. World Ocean Observatory's SEAFOOD COMMONS initiative was chosen as a semi-finalist for their first Ocean Innovation Solution Sprint, an effort to kickstart a massive discussion at all levels and with different stakeholders, helping ideas become mature companies with innovative solutions for the ocean. While Seafood Commons did not make it to the final round, we are pleased and honored to have been included, and are grateful for the opportunity to continue to participate in the World Economic Forum's Cohort Program.

WORLD OCEAN PUBLICATIONS
World Ocean Observatory is proud to be partnering on a series of provocative publications about the ocean, published in association with Leete's Island Books. Three books have been published to date with a fourth slated for publication in spring 2021 and a fifth in fall 2021.
THE ONCE AND FUTURE OCEAN
Notes Toward a New Hydraulic Society
by Peter Neill
ISBN 9780918172563
April 2016
THE SOUL OF THE SEA IN THE
AGE OF THE ALGORITHM
How Tech Startups Can Heal the Oceans
by Nishan Degnarain and Gregory Stone
ISBN 9780918172563
June 2018
THE NEW FISH WAVE
How to Ignite the Seafood Industry
by Dr. Thor Sigfusson
ISBN 9780918182785
April 2020

CURATED OCEAN VIDEOS
ON YOUTUBE/W2O
World Ocean Observatory's YouTube Video Channel offers web-ready lectures and documentaries, art installations, maritime history, and ocean innovations as key amplifiers of relevant ocean issues.
www.youtube.com/thew2o