I Exist Too

I Exist Too Join us in creating an inclusive maritime community.

At I Exist Too, we promote equity and diversity in the maritime sector, aiming to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.

โš“๐ŸŒˆ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ?For ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐„๐—๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐“๐Ž๐Ž, the answer goes fa...
17/06/2026

โš“๐ŸŒˆ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ?

For ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐„๐—๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐“๐Ž๐Ž, the answer goes far beyond procedures, technology or regulations. Safety is also about ensuring people feel ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ.

๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, Christopher shares a deeply personal reflection on inclusion, mental health and belonging within our industry. His perspective reminds us that psychological safety is every bit as important as physical safety, and that both are essential to creating environments where everyone can thrive.

As a ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐„๐—๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐“๐Ž๐Ž, Christopher is part of the leadership helping drive our mission to promote a more inclusive, humane and safer maritime industry for all.

๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž.

It is about wellbeing.
It is about belonging.
And ultimately, it is about safety.

โš“๐ŸŒˆ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š?For many ๐‹๐†๐๐“๐๐ˆ๐€+ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, disclosure is not a single deci...
16/06/2026

โš“๐ŸŒˆ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š?

For many ๐‹๐†๐๐“๐๐ˆ๐€+ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, disclosure is not a single decision. It can be a question revisited every time they join a new vessel, meet a new crew, enter a new workplace or navigate a different culture.

In this latest edition of ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ๐ฒ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐ฎ๐œ๐š ๐‡๐ฎฬˆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ reflects on identity, authenticity, belonging and the impact these experiences can have on mental wellbeing across the maritime sector.

His message reminds us that inclusion is not about asking everyone to be the same. It is about creating environments where people can make decisions about their lives without fear, and where dignity, respect and belonging are available to everyone.

Because when people feel safe to be themselves, maritime becomes stronger for all of us.

๐–๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐–๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ . ๐–๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐.

At I EXIST TOO, we believe no one should feel invisible in an industry that keeps the world connected.๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฌ...
09/06/2026

At I EXIST TOO, we believe no one should feel invisible in an industry that keeps the world connected.

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž, ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ.

Because inclusion is more than a conversationโ€”it is the foundation of a stronger, safer, and more resilient maritime community.

Today, we share the reflections of Lee Clarke Vorster AFRIN, whose message reminds us of something powerful: visibility matters, belonging matters, and people matter.

โš“ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐.

๐ŸŒŠโš“ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐Ž๐œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒOceans connect continents, cultures, communities, and lives. They are a source of food, employment, k...
08/06/2026

๐ŸŒŠโš“ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐Ž๐œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ

Oceans connect continents, cultures, communities, and lives. They are a source of food, employment, knowledge, and opportunity for millions of people around the world. But they also remind us of an essential truth: ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐š๐ง.

At I EXIST TOO, we believe that building a more sustainable future for our oceans also means building more inclusive and compassionate communities for the people who live, work, and find their purpose within the maritime world.

There cannot be a truly healthy ocean if the people who depend on it continue to face exclusion, discrimination, or barriers to fully participating in maritime life.

That is why, on this ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐Ž๐œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ, we reaffirm our commitment to a maritime sector where sustainability and inclusion sail together.

๐ŸŒŽ ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž.

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๐ŸŒˆโš“ At I EXIST TOO, we believe that inclusion is not measured solely by the policies that exist, but by how people feel e...
06/06/2026

๐ŸŒˆโš“ At I EXIST TOO, we believe that inclusion is not measured solely by the policies that exist, but by how people feel every day in their workplaces.

The words of our ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ & ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ, ๐†๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฏ๐จ ๐€๐›๐๐ข๐ž๐ฅ ๐€๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ซ-๐Œ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐š remind us that real progress happens when everyone can contribute, grow and belong without having to hide who they are.

This ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก, we celebrate every step toward a more human, safer and more inclusive maritime industry. Because when a person is free to be their authentic self, our entire community moves forward.

๐–๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐–๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ . ๐–๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐.

โš“๐ŸŒˆ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž.When respect exists, trust grows. When inclusion exist...
05/06/2026

โš“๐ŸŒˆ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž.

When respect exists, trust grows. When inclusion exists, a sense of belonging flourishes. And when people feel valued for who they are, they can reach their full potential.

At sea and across every part of our industry, creating environments where everyone feels seen, heard, and supported not only strengthens individuals โ€” it also strengthens our communities and teams.

This Pride Month, we celebrate the courage of authenticity, the importance of visibility, and the strength that emerges when no one has to navigate their journey alone.

Because when every person has a place where they belong, we all go further together.

๐–๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐–๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ . ๐–๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐.

โš“ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž?On ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐ˆ ๐„๐—๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐“๐Ž๐Ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ -๐‹๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ ๐€๐†, wi...
03/06/2026

โš“ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž?

On ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐ˆ ๐„๐—๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐“๐Ž๐Ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ -๐‹๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ ๐€๐†, with the support of BlueRights, Isle of Man Ship Registry and Malta Ship Registry, will bring together professionals from across the maritime community for an honest and collaborative discussion about inclusion and equity in our industry.

"๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”" is not about presenting a perfect vision of the future. It is about bringing people together to explore challenges, share experiences, learn from one another and identify practical actions that can help create a maritime sector where everyone feels valued, respected and able to thrive.

We are welcoming participants from shipping companies, ports, registries, trade unions, charities, academia, government and beyond.

๐Ÿ“… 24 August 2026
๐Ÿ“ Hamburg, Germany
๐Ÿ’ก Free to attend
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Limited to 50 participants in-person

If you care about the future of our industry and believe that meaningful progress starts with meaningful conversations, we would be delighted to have you join us.
Because inclusion is not something that happens to an industry. It is something that people build together.

๐ŸŒˆโš“ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐“๐‡ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”At sea, in ports, in classrooms, aboard vessels, in leadership positions, and throughout every corner...
01/06/2026

๐ŸŒˆโš“ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐“๐‡ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

At sea, in ports, in classrooms, aboard vessels, in leadership positions, and throughout every corner of the maritime community, there are people whose stories, identities and voices deserve to be seen, heard and valued.

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก, we celebrate diversity, visibility and belonging. We celebrate those who have opened doors, those who continue to break barriers, and those who are still searching for a place where they can be authentically themselves.

At I EXIST TOO, we believe that inclusion goes beyond representation. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

Because visibility inspires. Because community empowers. Because belonging changes lives.

๐–๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐–๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ . ๐–๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐. โš“๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’œ

๐ŸŒŠ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ ๐„๐—๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐“๐Ž๐Ž.It marks the beginning of a journey that continues connecting voices, pe...
25/05/2026

๐ŸŒŠ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ ๐„๐—๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐“๐Ž๐Ž.

It marks the beginning of a journey that continues connecting voices, people and communities across the world.

๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐š.
๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐š.
And today, this moment reminds us of everything we have built together since then.

Each gathering has strengthened connections, created space for important conversations and reaffirmed our commitment to a ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง, ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž. Because this movement is not built only through events.

It is built through community, empathy and people willing to keep navigating toward a better future. And the journey is still moving forward.

๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ: ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ค.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ.
โš“ Together, we continue strengthening bonds, building community and navigating toward a sea where everyone can exist with dignity.

โš“๐Ÿ’œ Today, we especially recognize ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ -๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž,...
18/05/2026

โš“๐Ÿ’œ Today, we especially recognize ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ -๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐›๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ, ๐›๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง, ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž who are part of the maritime sector and who have historically been made invisible within the industry.

To those who navigate, lead, support, care, learn, teach, and pave the way within a sector that still faces many challenges regarding equality, representation, and inclusion.

We especially celebrate those who have had to forge their own path while facing social, cultural, economic, or structural barriers, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ โ€” ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š.

At I EXIST TOO, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ-๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, regardless of their identity, orientation, origin, history, migration status, social reality, motherhood, neurodivergence, or way of experiencing the world.

We also recognize those who have often been excluded or silenced within the maritime sector and even within their own communities, yet continue moving forward with courage, resilience, and hope.

๐ŸŒŠ ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž.

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