Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Angela M Chalk
Healthy Community Resources Services
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Jo Banner
The Descendants Project
Talia London
The Common Acre
Ehab Meselhe
Tulane University
Nusrat Molla
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University
Cyatharine Alias
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
Nathaniel I Kollie
University of California Santa Cruz
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Nadine Robertson
Veolia North America
Nasim Pica
WSP in the U.S.
Kedar Dabhadkar
Lam Research
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ashwin Dhanasekar
Brown and Caldwell
Bre’Shaun Reddick
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Temiloluwa Akinyemi
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz
Greenroots Institute
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Pita Juarez
Comms Consultant
Vicky Espinoza
CaliWaterAg
Arsum Pathak
National Wildlife Federation
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
Tiffany Sevilla
Greenprint Partners
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Groundwork USA
Andrea León-Grossmann
Vote Solar
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Xochitl Bervera
Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters
Carlos Calderon
West Michigan Environmental Action Council
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Houston Public Works
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Analise Rivero
California Trout
Usman Mahmood
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
Nicole Nelson
Equity Legal Services, Inc
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
Joy Banner
The Descendants Project
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Olga Cano
HUD
Michael Méndez
UC Irvine
Gabe Vasquez
US Congress
Jasmine Walker
IMPACT Community Action
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Ayako Tischler
Xylem
Pallavi Bharadwaj
SEG
Quentin Stubbs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Alai Reyes-Santos
University of Oregon
Val Schull
GreenLatinos
Frank Ruiz
The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz
Walt Walker
TYLin
Kimbaya Carriere
Nuxalk First Nation
Fernando Ramirez
Bridges 2023 International
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Sarah Traore
The University of Texas at Austin
Charles Cassagnol
Western Ecology, LLC
Mallika Nocco
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
California State University, Monterey Bay
Nicole Chavas
Greenprint Partners
shama perveen
Ceres
Tanasia Swift
Billion Oyster Project
Olga Morales Pate
Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated
Chakena Sims
NRDC
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Portia Shepherd
Blackbelt Women Rising
maritza mendoza
Empower DC
Damian Shapes Padilla
Spirit Rock Consulting
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
Rhysea Agrawal
The Xylom
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado State University
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Cate Caldwell
Illinois Environmental Council
Harshini Ratnayaka
Save the Dunes
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Elizabeth Ruiz
CA State Water Resources Control Board
Ruthie Redmond
UC Berkeley
Paula Buchanan
National Center for Domestic Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School
Vinicius Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Monica Driggers
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Tanner Yess
Groundwork USA
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Rhea Drozdenko
Connecticut River Conservancy
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Angela Guyadeen
NRDC
Sydney Garcia
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Marc Oliver Quijano
Jacobs
Alastair Bitsóí
Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President
Carlos Moran
Northeast Trees
Breanna Gonzalez
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Rachele Lopez
Justice Outside
Priscila Alves
University of Maryland
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Charming Evelyn
OceanWell Water
Chauncey Foster
we.grow.eco
Billie Li
Wright-Pierce
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Aria Harris
TYLin
Alondra Hernandez-Bose
WEAT
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Emily Warren Armitano
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
Ngodoo Atume
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Emma Robbins
The Chapter House
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
Patricia Lindsay-Harvey
Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority
Heather Tanana
University of California, Irvine
Kabir Thatte
The Vessel Collective
Carolan Sonderegger
For Love of Water
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Esteban Ortiz
The Gorge Association of Aspirations/La Asociacion de Aspiraciones del Gorge
Jacob Bernal
American Rivers
Maisah Khan
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation
Roland Jones
CIS
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Felice Green
Milwaukee Water Commons
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Alex Ortiz
Austin Water and Wastewater Commission
Allen Townsend
World Wildlife Fund
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Daniel Cordalis
Native American Rights Fund
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Martin Griffin
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Sidney Opiyo
University of California, Santa Cruz
Thea Louis
MSC Industrial Supply Co.
Jessica Dandridge-Smith
The Water Collaborative
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Oday Salim
University of Michigan Law School
Bridget Ray
Washington State Department of Commerce
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Chakena Sims
NRDC
Nahal G. Ipakchi
BluePoint Planning
Benu Amun Ra
S.A.C.R.Ed Eco-Center
Jahan Taganova
City and County of Denver
Rob Larson
Grand Valley State University
Newsha Ajami
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Ciara Horne
SBG Digital
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
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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 importance of equity in the water world.
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VOICES: Protecting what we love in the age of AI – Planet Detroit
The director of Michigan Green Muslims offers a faith-based perspective on why Great Lakes communities are pushing back against data centers. [from Planet Detroit]

How more than 240 million gallons of sewage flowed into the Potomac River – NPR
NPR's Erika Ryan reports from the site of one of the nation's largest sewage spills ever — just outside of Washington, D.C. — in January.

Nearly half of L.A. County’s pavement may be unnecessary, new map finds – Los Angeles Times
Researchers have released the first parcel-level analysis to map all paved surfaces across L.A. County. In particular, large parking lots are ripe for change, they