Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Ciara Horne
SBG Digital
Rhysea Agrawal
The Xylom
Fernando Ramirez
Bridges 2023 International
Pallavi Bharadwaj
SEG
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz
Greenroots Institute
Rhea Drozdenko
Connecticut River Conservancy
Jahan Taganova
City and County of Denver
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Rachele Lopez
Justice Outside
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Monica Driggers
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Pita Juarez
Comms Consultant
Carolan Sonderegger
For Love of Water
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Jo Banner
The Descendants Project
Tiffany Sevilla
Greenprint Partners
Emily Warren
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado State University
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Rob Larson
Grand Valley State University
Kedar Dabhadkar
Lam Research
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Quentin Stubbs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
Nadine Robertson
Veolia North America
Tanasia Swift
Billion Oyster Project
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
Frank Ruiz
Audubon California
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Jessica Dandridge-Smith
The Water Collaborative
Damian Shapes Padilla
Spirit Rock Consulting
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Esteban Ortiz
Mayor's Equity Advisory Group
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
Priscila B R Alves
University of Maryland
Heather Tanana
University of California, Irvine
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Paula Buchanan
National Center for Domestic Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School
Charles Cassagnol
Western Ecology, LLC
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Ngodoo Atume
UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Daniel Cordalis
Native American Rights Fund
Naveen Adusumilli
Louisiana State University
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Nathaniel I Kollie
University of California Santa Cruz
Jorge Roman-Romero
Bassman, Mitchell, Alfano & Leiter Chtd.
Andrea León-Grossmann
Vote Solar
Nicole Chavas
Greenprint Partners
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
Environmental Defense Fund
Nahal G. Ipakchi
BluePoint Planning
Cyatharine Alias
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Tanner Yess
Groundwork USA
Ashwin Dhanasekar
Brown and Caldwell
Jacob Bernal
Washington State University
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Shama Perveen
CERES
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Arsum Pathak
National Wildlife Federation
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Oday Salim
University of Michigan Law School
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
Temiloluwa Akinyemi
Monterey Bay Aquarium/University of California Santa Cruz
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Chakena Perry
NRDC
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Vicky Espinoza
CaliWaterAg
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Elizabeth Ruiz
CA State Water Resources Control Board
Nasim Pica
WSP in the U.S.
Analise Rivero
California Trout
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
Ayako Tischler
Moonshot Missions
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Sarah Traore
The University of Texas at Austin
Jared Romero
Walton Family Foundation
Maisah Khan
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
Val Schull
GreenLatinos
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Groundwork USA
Esteban Ortiz
Columbia Riverkeeper
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
Gabe Vasquez
US Congress
Vinicius Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Chauncey Foster
we.grow.eco
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability
Alastair Bitsóí
Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
Breanna Gonzalez
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Harshini Ratnayaka
Save the Dunes
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Houston Public Works
Ehab Meselhe
Tulane University
Nicole Nelson
Equity Legal Services, Inc
Emma Robbins
Planet Woman
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
Sydney Garcia
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Angela M Chalk
Healthy Community Services
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
Maritza Mendoza
Empower DC
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Carlos Calderon
West Michigan Environmental Action Council
Joy Banner
The Descendants Project
Nusrat Molla
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Roland Jones
CIS
Alondra Hernandez-Bose
WEAT
Michael Mendez
UC Irvine
Marc Oliver Quijano
Jacobs
Angela Guyadeen
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos
Bridget Ray
Washington State Department of Commerce
Billie Li
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Sidney Opiyo
University of California, Santa Cruz
Carlos Moran
Northeast Trees
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Alex Ortiz
Austin Water and Wastewater Commission
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Jeremiah Muhammad
Blacks In Green
Alai Reyes-Santos
University of Oregon
Felice Green
Milwaukee Water Commons
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Charming Evelyn
OceanWell Water
martin griffin
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Newsha Ajami
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Vidya Balasubramanyam
Coastal States Organization
Thea Louis
Duke Energy Corporation
Kimbaya Carriere
Nuxalk First Nation
Cate Caldwell
Illinois Environmental Council
Xochitl Bervera
Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters
Ruthie Redmond
US Water Alliance
Olga Cano
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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About Us
The Color of Water Initiative was created by the Water Hub to build voice and visibility for people of color in the water movement. Our goal is to connect reporters with a more diverse set of experts, and build capacity for these experts to elevate the stories of their communities, which have often been left out of conversations around water.
From water access and drought response in the West to lead pipes and PFAS pollution in the Great Lakes to recurring flooding and water infrastructure failures in the South, Color of Water members have deep expertise and first-hand experience on water challenges and solutions all across the country.
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Branching out: North East Trees director Carlos Moran goes from social work to environmental leader – The Eastsider LA
Carlos Moran went from social work to leading North East Trees, linking climate action with community health in neighborhoods like Cypress Park and Boyle Heights.

Chuck Sams to help spend Oregon’s Monsanto settlement funds on restoration projects – opb
Sams was the first Native American to lead the National Park Service. [from opb]

California’s commercial chinook fishery closed for third year in a row – Wrangell Sentinel
Facing the continued collapse of chinook salmon, officials have shut down California’s commercial salmon fishing season for an unprecedented third year in a row. Under