b'G R O W I N G U R T U R I N L I V I N G R O M O T I N X P L O R I NN G P G E GEconomy Environment Communities Education TourismSURFACE WATERAbouT The GulF oF Mexico AlliaNce AbouT Embrace The GulFThe Gulf of Mexico Alliance is the Regional Ocean Partnership for the Gulf of Mexico, designated by The Embrace the Gulf initiative is a year-longthe governors of the five Gulf StatesAlabama, awareness campaign for 2020 highlighting the vitality,Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Since 2004, sustainability, beauty, and productivity of the Gulf ofthe Alliance has significantly increased regional Mexico with a series of daily messages shared acrosscollaboration to enhance the environmental and Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. economic health of the Gulf of Mexico. Led by the states, their network includes 150 participating The Alliance is highlighting five focus areas thatorganizations and nearly 1,000 members from state and make the Gulf of Mexico a special place: resilientfederal agencies, local government, academia, non-coastal communities, prosperous industries, superiorprofits, and business/industry. educational opportunities, thriving tourism, andRecent work includes capacity and resilience building healthy ecosystems. in 21 coastal communities across the Gulf, hosting numerous regional workshops and trainings, creating an open data platform to improve habitat data access, and managing a major regional program to initiate new research following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. For More Information about GOMA and the "Embrace the Gulf" Campaign:SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACTFacebookBecky Ginn @GOMAlliance becky.ginn@gomxa.orgTwitterWebsite @GOMAlliance GulfofMexicoAlliance.orgInstagramTell us how you felt about this @gulfofmexicoalliance story: YSI.com/MW-Survey26 MISSION: WATER'