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