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

Texas lawmakers largely ignored recommendations aimed at helping rural areas like Kerr County prepare for flooding – The Texas Tribune
Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, experts said. [from The Texas Tribune]

Water Pressure: From Mitigating Risk to Boosting Resilience – Sustainable Brands
Regardless of dynamic policies and regulations, water risks are mounting — and so is the pressure on companies’ bottom lines. [from Sustainable Brands]