Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Gabe Vasquez
US Congress
Angela Guyadeen
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Nasim Pica
Weston Solutions, Inc.
Alastair Bitsóí
Inside Climate News
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
Priscila B R Alves
University of Maryland
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Jared Romero
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc
Tanner Yess
Groundwork Ohio River Valley
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
Maisah Khan
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
Thea Louis
Duke Energy Corporation
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Groundwork USA
Vidya Balasubramanyam
Coastal States Organization
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Daniel Cordalis
Native American Rights Fund
Ruthie Redmond
Trimtab Sustainable Waters
Cyatharine Alias
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Jo Banner
The Descendants Project
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Sydney Garcia
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Chakena Perry
NRDC
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Felice Green
Milwaukee Water Commons
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz
Greenroots Institute
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Carolan Sonderegger
For Love of Water
Ayako Tischler
Moonshot Missions
Angela M Chalk
Healthy Community Services
Charles Cassagnol
Western Ecology, LLC
Michael Mendez
UC Irvine
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Fernando Ramirez
Hydraloop Inc.
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado Water Center
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Bridget Ray
Washington State Department of Commerce
Rob Larson
Grand Valley State University
Analise Rivero
California Trout
Roland Jones
CIS
Xochitl Bervera
Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters
Billie Li
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Naveen Adusumilli
Louisiana State University
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos / CO Dept. of Public Health and Env.
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
Carlos Calderon
Wmeac
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Maritza Mendoza
GreenLatinos
Paula Buchanan
National Center for Domestic Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Sidney Opiyo
University of California, Santa Cruz
Tiffany Sevilla
Greenprint Partners
Val Schull
GreenLatinos
Rhea Drozdenko
Connecticut River Conservancy
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
Nadine Robertson
Manchac Management Services and Consulting Group
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Alai Reyes-Santos
University of Oregon
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Damian Shapes Padilla
Spirit Rock Consulting
Andrea León-Grossmann
Vote Solar
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Newsha Ajami
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Ngodoo Atume
UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
Environmental Defense Fund
Vicky Espinoza
The Nature Conservancy
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Arsum Pathak
National Wildlife Federation
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Anita Shervington
BLAST Fest
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Kimbaya Carriere
First Nations Fisheries Council- Water For Fish
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Sarah Traore
The University of Texas at Austin
Ashwin Dhanasekar
Brown and Caldwell
Monica Driggers
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Heather Tanana
University of California, Irvine
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Charming Evelyn
OceanWell Water
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Frank Ruiz
Audubon California
santos samayoa
Comms Consultant
Rachele Lopez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Quentin Stubbs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability
Nusrat Molla
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Houston Public Works
Elizabeth Ruiz
Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Program
Olga Cano
Environmental Protection Agency
Shama Perveen
CERES
Joy Banner
The Descendants Project
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Maritza Mendoza
GreenLatinos
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Martin Griffin
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Jeremiah Muhammad
Blacks In Green
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
Esteban Ortiz
Columbia Riverkeeper
Kedar Dabhadkar
Lam Research
Alondra Hernandez
WEAT
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Nahal Ghoghaie
Kearns & West
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
Emma Robbins
Planet Woman
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Ehab Meselhe
Tulane University
Jessica Dandridge-Smith
The Water Collaborative
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Chauncey Foster
we.grow.eco
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
Harshini Ratnayaka
Save the Dunes
Breanna Gonzalez
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Pallavi Bharadwaj
SEG
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Joy Banner
The Descendants Project
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Alex Ortiz
Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
Rhysea Agrawal
The Xylom
Jahan Taganova
One Young World Peace Ambassador
Jacob Bernal
Washington State University
Nicole Nelson
Equity Legal Services, Inc
Emily Raquel Warren Armitano
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Oday Salim
University of Michigan Law School
Ciara Horne
SBG Digital
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Nicole Chavas
Greenprint Partners
Nasim Pica
Antea Group USA
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Vinicius Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Temiloluwa Akinyemi
Monterey Bay Aquarium/University of California Santa Cruz
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Vinicius Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Jorge Roman-Romero
Georgetown University Law Center
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Marc Oliver Quijano
Jacobs
Nathaniel I Kollie
University of California Santa Cruz
Marleen Villanueva
Department of Women and Gender Studies at Texas Christian University
Damian Shapes Padilla
Georgetown University
Carlos Moran
Northeast Trees
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Kristi Pullen Fedinick
The George Washington University
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
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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.
Read the joint statement by Color of Water members on the launch of the Color of Water directory and the importance of equity and inclusion in the water world.
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How Climate Change Puts the Safety of Drinking Water at Risk – Yale E360
Wildfires, floods, intense heat, droughts, and other extreme events fueled by climate change are threatening water systems in the U.S. and around the globe. Experts warn of the increasing threat of contamination and the need to improve infrastructure to keep drinking water safe. [from Yale E360]

National Park Service withdraws Black community in Louisiana from historic landmark consideration – AP News
A Louisiana landscape where centuries-old sugar cane plantations and Afro-Creole culture remain preserved along the Mississippi River will no longer be eligible for consideration for

Black Owners Reclaim Woodland Plantation’s History of Rebellion – Black Hot Fire Network
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. — Growing up, Dayna James never thought she’d willingly step foot on a plantation, let alone thank God for

St. John the Baptist Parish site excluded from historic landmark designation, as Louisiana officials commend Trump – L’Observateur
The NPS excluded an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River's west bank in St. John the Baptist Parish as a National Historic Landmark, NHL [from

An EPA Rule Will Reduce Lead in Drinking Water—Unless This Effort to Block It Succeeds – Inside Climate News
Reversing the rule could have disastrous implications for public health. Experts and advocates are pushing back. [from Inside Climate News]

The water unexpectedly released from dams on Trump’s order didn’t help farms or L.A. – The Columbian
LOS ANGELES — Days after President Trump startled some of his most ardent supporters in California’s San Joaquin Valley by having the Army Corps of