Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Nasim Pica
Weston Solutions, Inc.
Tanner Yess
Groundwork Ohio River Valley
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Pita Juarez
Sunrise Project
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Maria Bone
Kearns & West Inc.
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Nadine Robertson
Manchac Management Services and Consulting Group
Jeremiah Muhammad
Blacks In Green
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos / CO Dept. of Public Health and Env.
Chakena Perry
NRDC
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Alondra Hernandez
WEAT
Ruthie Redmond
Trimtab Sustainable Waters
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Frank Ruiz
Audubon California
Fernando Ramirez
Hydraloop Inc.
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Alex Ortiz
Sierra Club
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
Environmental Defense Fund
Billie Li
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Priscila Alves
University of Maryland
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Groundwork USA
Jorge Roman-Romero
Georgetown University Law Center
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Ashwin Dhanasekar
Brown and Caldwell
Bridget Ray
The Salish Sea Collective
Damian Shapes Padilla
Georgetown University
Gabe Vasquez
US Congress
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
Vidya Balasubramanyam
Coastal States Organization
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Sarah Traore
Charles River Watershed Association Inc.
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Jahan Taganova
One Young World Peace Ambassador
Thea Louis
Wellesley College
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Jared Romero
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
Shreya Agrawal
The Xylom
Dr Angela M Chalk
Healthy Community Services
Daniel Cordalis
Native American Rights Fund
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
Heather Tanana
University of California, Irvine
Emily Raquel Warren Armitano
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Charles Cassagnol
Western Ecology, LLC
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
Shama Perveen
CERES
Olga Cano
Environmental Protection Agency
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado Water Center
Emma Robbins
Planet Woman
Tiffany Sevilla
Greenprint Partners
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Alai Reyes-Santos
University of Oregon
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Breanna González
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Ayako Tischler
Moonshot Missions
Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz
Greenroots Institute
Martin Griffin
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Andrea León-Grossmann
Azul
Michael Mendez
UC Irvine
Carlos Calderon
Wmeac
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Roland Jones
CIS
Nicole Nelson
Equity Legal Services, Inc
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Marc Oliver Quijano
Jacobs
Ngodoo Atume
UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences
Harshini Ratnayaka
Save the Dunes
Elizabeth Ruiz
Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Program
Maritza Mendoza
GreenLatinos
Angela Guyadeen
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Rob Larson
Grand Valley State University
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Buffalo Sewer Authority
Kedar Dabhadkar
Lam Research
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Newsha Ajami
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
Carolan Sonderegger
For Love of Water
Marleen Villanueva
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Rachele Lopez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Analise Rivero
California Trout
Chauncey Foster
we.grow.eco
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Carlos Moran
Council for Watershed Health
Dr. Angela Chalk
Healthy Community Services
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
Nusrat Molla
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University
Jessica Dandridge
The Water Collaborative
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Quentin Stubbs
NOAA
Jillian Marshall
Heal the Bay
Kristi Pullen Fedinick
The George Washington University
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Charming Evelyn
Sierra Club
Vinicius Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Ciara Horne
University of Virginia
Ngodoo Atume
Clean Water Action
Anita Shervington
BLAST Fest
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability
Nahal Ghoghaie
Kearns & West
Vicky Espinoza
The Nature Conservancy
Kimbaya Carriere
First Nations Fisheries Council- Water For Fish
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
Jacob Bernal
Washington State University
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
Corita Waters
National Park Service
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Alastair Bitsóí
Inside Climate News
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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 launch of the Color of Water directory and the importance of equity and inclusion in the water world.
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From renewable energy to green chile, New Mexico’s rural communities receive USDA funds – NM Political Report
Monday, New Mexico’s congressional delegation announced $35 million in federal grants for healthcare, agriculture and renewable energy projects in rural communities in the state. The
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana Announces Board and Advisory Council – Biz New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, a statewide nonprofit combating coastal land loss, has announced members of its board of directors and
There’s no such thing as new water – Santa Fe New Mexican
As an Indigenous person from Sandia Pueblo, I have a deep relationship to water. I see rivers as a place of healing and have dedicated
Waves of Change: Meet Milwaukee Water Commons Co-Executive Director Brenda Coley | Great Lakes Now
Waves of Change is an online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region. [from Great
FRI: Strategic Water Supply taps out as the governor insists she won’t ‘give up on it,’ – KUNM
After its reprise, an effort to push through the governor’s plan to create a market of treated brackish water failed after committees did not meet
Tribal nations often can’t access their own water. A new Colorado institute wants to help— Coyote Gulch
John Echohawk and David Getches discuss strategy in NARF’s early years. [from Coyote Gulch]