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

Union Members & Environmental Advocates Rally To Support EPA in Anticipation of Funding Cuts – Colorado Times Recorder
Members of a union that represents government workers, including Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workers, rallied today in downtown Denver in opposition to the Trump administration’s

Water upgrades disrupt River Road businesses
Louisville Water is making essential updates to some pipes. The project is expected to last two years.

Exhibition in St. John’s the Baptist Parish “Cancer Alley” highlights the harmful effects of plastic through art – L’Observateur
A new exhibition will open Sunday in St. John the Baptist Parish to address petrochemical facilities' and health impacts in Cancer Alley. [from L'Observateur]

Fishing and Environmental Groups Slam $134 Million in Additional Federal Funding for Sites Reservoir – Daily Kos
The Sites Reservoir Project in California, a controversial water project promoted by Governor Gavin Newson and opposed by a coalition of environmental groups, fishing groups

‘He didn’t cut red tape’: ND mayor echoes worry about national park layoffs
As legal fights play out, national park enthusiasts in North Dakota worry about a situation where staff reductions, carried out by the Trump administration, make