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