Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Nicole Nelson
Equity Legal Services, Inc
Shama Perveen
CERES
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Rachele Lopez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Vidya Balasubramanyam
Coastal States Organization
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Ngodoo Atume
UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Shreya Agrawal
The Xylom
Rob Larson
Grand Valley State University
Elizabeth Ruiz
Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Program
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Ashwin Dhanasekar
Brown and Caldwell
Ruthie Redmond
Trimtab Sustainable Waters
Tanner Yess
Groundwork Ohio River Valley
Olga Cano
Environmental Protection Agency
Marleen Villanueva
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Esteban Ortiz
Columbia Riverkeeper
Heather Tanana
University of California, Irvine
Kimbaya Carriere
First Nations Fisheries Council- Water For Fish
Nusrat Molla
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University
Sarah Traore
Charles River Watershed Association Inc.
Nahal Ghoghaie
Kearns & West
Angela Guyadeen
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Fernando Ramirez
Hydraloop Inc.
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability
Alai Reyes-Santos
University of Oregon
Carlos Calderon
Wmeac
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Daniel Cordalis
Native American Rights Fund
Pita Juarez
Sunrise Project
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Buffalo Sewer Authority
Bridget Ray
The Salish Sea Collective
Naveen Adusumilli
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
Chauncey Foster
we.grow.eco
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
Analise Rivero
California Trout
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Harshini Ratnayaka
Save the Dunes
Jahan Taganova
One Young World Peace Ambassador
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Vinigus Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos / CO Dept. of Public Health and Env.
Kristi Pullen Fedinick
The George Washington University
Jared Romero
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Groundwork USA
Jorge Roman-Romero
Georgetown University Law Center
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Frank Ruiz
Audubon California
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Emma Robbins
Planet Woman
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Priscila B R Alves
University of Maryland
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz
Greenroots Institute
Gabe Vasquez
US Congress
Tiffany Sevilla
Greenprint Partners
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Emily Raquel Warren Armitano
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Jeremiah Muhammad
Blacks In Green
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado Water Center
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
Anita Shervington
BLAST Fest
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Charming Evelyn
Sierra Club
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
Environmental Defense Fund
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
Carolan Sonderegger
For Love of Water
Vicky Espinoza
The Nature Conservancy
Charles Cassagnol
Western Ecology, LLC
Quentin Stubbs
NOAA
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Alastair Bitsóí
Inside Climate News
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Kedar Dabhadkar
Lam Research
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Marc Oliver Quijano
Jacobs
Martin Griffin
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Ayako Tischler
Moonshot Missions
Nadine Robertson
Manchac Management Services and Consulting Group
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
Michael Mendez
UC Irvine
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Roland Jones
CIS
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
Carlos Moran
Northeast Trees
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Monica Driggers
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Dr. Angela Chalk
Healthy Community Services
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
Chakena Perry
NRDC
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
Andrea León-Grossmann
Vote Solar
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Ciara Horne
University of Virginia
Alondra Hernandez
WEAT
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
Billie Li
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Alex Ortiz
Sierra Club
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Nasim Pica
Weston Solutions, Inc.
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Thea Louis
Wellesley College
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Maritza Mendoza
GreenLatinos
Newsha Ajami
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Jessica Dandridge-Smith
The Water Collaborative
Jacob Bernal
Washington State University
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Breanna González
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Damian Shapes Padilla
Georgetown University
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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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From renewable energy to green chile, New Mexico’s rural communities receive USDA funds – NM Political Report
Monday, New Mexico’s congressional delegation announced $35 million in federal grants for healthcare, agriculture and renewable energy projects in rural communities in the state. The
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana Announces Board and Advisory Council – Biz New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, a statewide nonprofit combating coastal land loss, has announced members of its board of directors and
There’s no such thing as new water – Santa Fe New Mexican
As an Indigenous person from Sandia Pueblo, I have a deep relationship to water. I see rivers as a place of healing and have dedicated
Waves of Change: Meet Milwaukee Water Commons Co-Executive Director Brenda Coley | Great Lakes Now
Waves of Change is an online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region. [from Great
FRI: Strategic Water Supply taps out as the governor insists she won’t ‘give up on it,’ – KUNM
After its reprise, an effort to push through the governor’s plan to create a market of treated brackish water failed after committees did not meet
Tribal nations often can’t access their own water. A new Colorado institute wants to help— Coyote Gulch
John Echohawk and David Getches discuss strategy in NARF’s early years. [from Coyote Gulch]