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

How more than 240 million gallons of sewage flowed into the Potomac River – NPR
NPR's Erika Ryan reports from the site of one of the nation's largest sewage spills ever — just outside of Washington, D.C. — in January.

Nearly half of L.A. County’s pavement may be unnecessary, new map finds – Los Angeles Times
Researchers have released the first parcel-level analysis to map all paved surfaces across L.A. County. In particular, large parking lots are ripe for change, they