Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Anita Shervington
BLAST Fest
Alex Ortiz
Sierra Club
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
maritza mendoza
GreenLatinos
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado Water Center
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Maria Bone
Kearns & West Inc.
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Buffalo Sewer Authority
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Fernando Ramirez
Hydraloop Inc.
Ayako Tischler
Moonshot Missions
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Joseluis Ortiz
Greenroots Institute
Jacob Bernal
Northwest Public Radio
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Jillian Marshall
Heal the Bay
Marc Oliver Quijano
Coalition of Accredited Laboratories
Corita Waters
National Park Service
Heather Tanana
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Jahan Taganova
One Young World Peace Ambassador
Carlos Moran
Council for Watershed Health
Alondra Hernandez
WEAT
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Ngodoo Atume
Clean Water Action
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
Jared Romero
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc
Newsha Ajami
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Gabe Vasquez
City of Las Cruces
Vinicius Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Michael Mendez
UC Irvine
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Milin Patel
World of Water Consultancy Ltd
Nahal Ghoghaie
Kearns & West
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Alastair Bitsóí
High Country News
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
Ashwin Dhanasekar
The Water Research Foundation
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Rachele Lopez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Breanna González
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Angela Guyadeen
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Jeremiah Muhammad
Blacks In Green
Shreya Agrawal
The Xylom
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Maya Richard-Craven
Freelance
Thea Louis
Duke Energy
Nadine Robertson
Manchac Management Services and Consulting Group
Alai Reyes-Santos
University of Oregon
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos / CO Dept. of Public Health and Env.
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Damian Shapes Padilla
Georgetown University
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Priscila Alves
University of Maryland
Vicky Espinoza
The Nature Conservancy
Analise Rivero
California Trout
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Ciara Horne
University of Virginia
Emma Robbins
Planet Woman
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Kimbaya Carriere
First Nations Fisheries Council- Water For Fish
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Vidya Balasubramanyam
CSO
Kedar Dabhadkar
KETOS
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Jessica Dandridge
The Water Collaborative
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Kristi Pullen Fedinick
The George Washington University
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
Sarah Traore
Charles River Watershed Association Inc.
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Martin Griffin
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Quentin Stubbs
NOAA
Frank Ruiz
Audubon California
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Charming Evelyn
Sierra Club
Andrea León-Grossmann
Azul
Dr. Angela Chalk
Healthy Community Services
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Olga Cano
Environmental Protection Agency
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Marleen Villanueva
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Emily Raquel Warren Armitano
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Pita Juarez
Sunrise Project
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
Ruthie Redmond
Trimtab Sustainable Waters
Maria Bone
Kearns & West Inc.
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Shama Perveen
CERES
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Alyssa Senturk
San Diego Coastkeeper
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Jorge Roman-Romero
Georgetown University Law Center
Nasim Pica
Weston Solutions, Inc.
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability
Bridget Ray
Thesalishseacollective
Roland Jones
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions
Nusrat Molla
UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Tanner Yess
Groundwork Ohio River Valley
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Billie Li
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
Elizabeth Ruiz
Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Program
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
Environmental Defense Fund
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
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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]