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

A simple idea to bring clean drinking water to U.S. homes at a lower cost – Sustainability Accelerator
[from Sustainability Accelerator]

New federal law could bring running water to tribal homes, but states have concerns – NPR
More than 10,000 homes on Southwestern Indian reservations lack running water. This despite tribes substantial water rights. A new solution is being held up as