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

This California dam could be enlarged under Trump – CalMatters
The Shasta Dam project would deliver more water to Central Valley farmers but a tribe could lose sacred sites and endangered salmon could lose habitat.

Nearly 60% of New Orleans residents want a stormwater fee, survey says – KRVS Radio Acadie
Fifty-seven percent of the city’s residents support a stormwater fee to maintain the city’s drainage system, according to a survey from New-Orleans based nonprofit, the