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

Colorado River Water Access Calls for this Sensible Solution | Opinion – Arizona Institute for Resilience
The old ways of managing the shrinking Colorado River aren't helping Arizona. But there is a way all of the compact states could find a
