Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Rachele Lopez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Carolan Sonderegger
For Love of Water
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
Angela M Chalk
Healthy Community Services
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Ashwin Dhanasekar
Brown and Caldwell
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Roland Jones
CIS
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Sidney Opiyo
University of California, Santa Cruz
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
Tiffany Sevilla
Greenprint Partners
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Olga Cano
Environmental Protection Agency
Esteban Ortiz
Columbia Riverkeeper
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Kimbaya Carriere
First Nations Fisheries Council- Water For Fish
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
Fernando Ramirez
Hydraloop Inc.
Alondra Hernandez
WEAT
Nusrat Molla
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University
Chakena Perry
NRDC
Ayako Tischler
Moonshot Missions
Marleen Villanueva
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Analise Rivero
California Trout
santos samayoa
Comms Consultant
Xochitl Bervera
Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
Breanna González
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Alastair Bitsóí
Inside Climate News
Angela Guyadeen
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Priscila B R Alves
University of Maryland
Monica Driggers
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
Charles Cassagnol
Western Ecology, LLC
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Marc Oliver Quijano
Jacobs
Nicole Chavas
Greenprint Partners
Nahal Ghoghaie
Kearns & West
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Nasim Pica
Weston Solutions, Inc.
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz
Greenroots Institute
Oday Salim
University of Michigan Law School
Ciara Horne
University of Virginia
Nathaniel I Kollie
University of California Santa Cruz
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
Environmental Defense Fund
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado Water Center
Carlos Moran
Northeast Trees
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Buffalo Sewer Authority
Martin Griffin
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Tanner Yess
Groundwork Ohio River Valley
Nadine Robertson
Manchac Management Services and Consulting Group
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Emma Robbins
Planet Woman
Vidya Balasubramanyam
Coastal States Organization
Vinigus Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Elizabeth Ruiz
Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Program
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Cyatharine Alias
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Jahan Taganova
One Young World Peace Ambassador
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Rob Larson
Grand Valley State University
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Rhea Drozdenko
Connecticut River Conservancy
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Carlos Calderon
Wmeac
Jeremiah Muhammad
Blacks In Green
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Daniel Cordalis
Native American Rights Fund
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Groundwork USA
Frank Ruiz
Audubon California
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
Nicole Nelson
Equity Legal Services, Inc
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Temiloluwa Akinyemi
Monterey Bay Aquarium/University of California Santa Cruz
Quentin Stubbs
NOAA
Shreya Agrawal
The Xylom
Anita Shervington
BLAST Fest
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Ngodoo Atume
UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
Jacob Bernal
Washington State University
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Jessica Dandridge-Smith
The Water Collaborative
Charming Evelyn
OceanWell Water
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Jared Romero
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc
Maritza Mendoza
GreenLatinos
Emily Raquel Warren Armitano
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Harshini Ratnayaka
Save the Dunes
Ruthie Redmond
Trimtab Sustainable Waters
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Bridget Ray
The Salish Sea Collective
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Newsha Ajami
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sarah Traore
Charles River Watershed Association Inc.
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Kristi Pullen Fedinick
The George Washington University
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
Naveen Adusumilli
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Vicky Espinoza
The Nature Conservancy
Andrea León-Grossmann
Vote Solar
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Heather Tanana
University of California, Irvine
Shama Perveen
CERES
Damian Shapes Padilla
Georgetown University
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos / CO Dept. of Public Health and Env.
Alai Reyes-Santos
University of Oregon
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Gabe Vasquez
US Congress
Alex Ortiz
Law Office of Alex Ortiz
Billie Li
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Michael Mendez
UC Irvine
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
Thea Louis
Wellesley College
Chauncey Foster
we.grow.eco
Kedar Dabhadkar
Lam Research
Jorge Roman-Romero
Georgetown University Law Center
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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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Learn about the what, why, how, and when of the Color of Water from this interview with our Relationships Manager, José by Waterloop.
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What are Color of Water members talking about?
Another Voice: Queen City Clean Waters Initiative will improve Buffalo’s resilience – Buffalo News
Severe wet weather-related events are becoming the norm in our everyday lives across Western New York. [from Buffalo News]
California increases fines for violations against excessive water usage: 'It's an important step' – Yahoo News
The bill will prevent violators from getting off with minimal fines and continued violations. [from Yahoo News]
Guide to Climate Action in Your Local Community – CounterPunch.org
If you want to have a voice in how policy decisions are made and resources are distributed in your local community, the data you collect
Nottoway Indian Tribe joins America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge – The Tidewater News
The Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, the only state-recognized tribe in the nation to receive an invitation, proudly joined the White House’s America the Beautiful
EPA Gives Chicago Decades to Replace Lead Pipes, Leaving Communities at Risk – Inside Climate News
Advocates say vulnerable communities can’t afford to wait 20 years for service line replacement and that more outreach is required. [from Inside Climate News]
One Tulare County groundwater region setting the standard for protecting residential wells – SJV Water
One Tulare County groundwater region setting the standard for protecting residential wells [from SJV Water]