Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Tanasia Swift
Billion Oyster Project
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado State University
Analise Rivero
California Trout
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Vinicius Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Rhysea Agrawal
The Xylom
Sydney Garcia
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Nicole Nelson
Equity Legal Services, Inc
Ngodoo Atume
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Jacob Bernal
American Rivers
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
Maisah Khan
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
Ashwin Dhanasekar
Brown and Caldwell
Billie Li
Wright-Pierce
Angela M Chalk
Healthy Community Resources Services
Arsum Pathak
National Wildlife Federation
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
Olga Cano
HUD
Olga Morales Pate
Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
Nathaniel I Kollie
University of California Santa Cruz
Kimbaya Carriere
Nuxalk First Nation
Ayako Tischler
Xylem
Mallika Nocco
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Felice Green
Milwaukee Water Commons
Thea Louis
MSC Industrial Supply Co.
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Talia London
The Common Acre
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Charles Cassagnol
Western Ecology, LLC
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
Harshini Ratnayaka
Save the Dunes
Marc Oliver Quijano
Jacobs
Andrea León-Grossmann
Vote Solar
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Rachele Lopez
Justice Outside
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
Daniel Cordalis
Native American Rights Fund
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Pita Juarez
Comms Consultant
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Nieves Vazquez
Water For People
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz
Greenroots Institute
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Paula Buchanan
National Center for Domestic Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Rhea Drozdenko
Connecticut River Conservancy
Elizabeth Ruiz
CA State Water Resources Control Board
Direlle Calica
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)
Emma Robbins
The Chapter House
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
California State University, Monterey Bay
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Allen Townsend
World Wildlife Fund
Jo Banner
The Descendants Project
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
Vicky Espinoza
CaliWaterAg
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Rob Larson
Grand Valley State University
Carlos Moran
Northeast Trees
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos
Kabir Thatte
The Vessel Collective
Frank Ruiz
The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz
Ruthie Redmond
UC Berkeley
Patricia Lindsay-Harvey
Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority
Emily Warren Armitano
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Nusrat Molla
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
Heather Tanana
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
Bridget Ray
Washington State Department of Commerce
Walt Walker
TYLin
Jahan Taganova
City and County of Denver
Alastair Bitsóí
Near the Water Media & Communications Group
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Houston Public Works
Michael Méndez
UC Irvine
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Alex Ortiz
Austin Water and Wastewater Commission
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Roland Jones
CIS
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Fernando Ramirez
Bridges 2023 International
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Ciara Horne
SBG Digital
Charming Evelyn
OceanWell Water
Jasmine Walker
Ohio Environmental Council
Joy Banner
The Descendants Project
Nahal G. Ipakchi
BluePoint Planning
Ehab Meselhe
Tulane University
Cate Caldwell
Illinois Environmental Council
Maritza Mendoza
Empower DC
Nadine Robertson
Veolia North America
Sarah Traore
The University of Texas at Austin
Tanner Yess
Groundwork USA
Nicole Chavas
Greenprint Partners
Alondra Hernandez-Bose
WEAT
Sidney Opiyo
University of California, Santa Cruz
Moisés Moreno-Rivera
Trust for Public Land
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
Chakena Sims
NRDC
Portia Shepherd
Blackbelt Women Rising
Carlos Calderon
West Michigan Environmental Action Council
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Carolan Sonderegger
For Love of Water
Nasim Pica
WSP in the U.S.
Jahan Taganova
City and County of Denver
Oday Salim
University of Michigan Law School
Alai Reyes-Santos
Alaí Community Consulting
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Xochitl Bervera
Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters
Benu Amun Ra
S.A.C.R.Ed Eco-Center
Temiloluwa Akinyemi
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Val Schull
GreenLatinos
Damian Shapes Padilla
Spirit Rock Consulting
Cyatharine Alias
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Monica Driggers
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Bre’Shaun Reddick
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Tiffany Sevilla
Greenprint Partners
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Chauncey Foster
we.grow.eco
Esteban Ortiz
The Gorge Association of Aspirations/La Asociacion de Aspiraciones del Gorge
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Kedar Dabhadkar
Lam Research
Chakena Sims
NRDC
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Groundwork USA
Martin Griffin
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Angela Guyadeen
NRDC
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Priscila Alves
University of Maryland
Breanna Gonzalez
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Newsha Ajami
Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Jessica Dandridge-Smith
The Water Collaborative
Usman Mahmood
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Aria Harris
TYLin
Pallavi Bharadwaj
SEG
Shama Perveen
Ceres
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Quentin Stubbs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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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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AOC holds jar of brown water from next to Meta’s Georgia data center at EPA hearing: Residents ‘rely on bottled water to drink and prepare meals’ – AOL
Neighbors of a massive Meta data center can’t drink their water, and their water bills are set to skyrocket. [from AOL.com]

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

'Bringing these worlds together' – Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
[from Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability]