Coastal Cleanup Day 2019

The Santa Monica Conservancy is teaming up with Heal the Bay for Coastal Cleanup Day, the world’s biggest volunteer day to protect our ocean. We are partnering with historian Alison Rose Jefferson to host an exhibit at the historic “Inkwell,” a landmark monument that commemorates surfer Nick Gabaldon and the two-block stretch of beach at Bay Street frequented by African Americans from the 1920s into the early 1960s. Join us in celebrating the Pacific and remembering our layered community history of the beach by visiting our exhibit and cleaning up.

Photo: Alison Rose Jefferson

Staff the Conservancy Exhibit
Help staff our exhibit about preservation and the history of the “Inkwell.” The “Inkwell” and Manhattan Beach were the only beaches accessible to African Americans in Southern California at the turn of the 20th century. Sign up by emailing [email protected].

Volunteer for Coastal Cleanup
Last year, Coastal Cleanup Day in L.A. County brought together 13,464 individuals who removed over 29.8 tons of ocean-bound trash from 78 cleanup sites in 3 hours. Register here.