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

2.9 billion gallons of clean drinking water added to California’s supply with new investments | Governor of California
[from Governor of California]

Will adding more lanes fix I-270 congestion? CDOT’s favored fix will test its new mission, opponents say. – The Colorado Sun
CDOT wants to widen I-270 to speed traffic and heighten safety, but clean transportation advocates say the old solutions are no longer relevant. [from The