Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Bridget Ray
The Salish Sea Collective
Andrea León-Grossmann
Azul
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Jared Romero
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc
Olga Cano
Environmental Protection Agency
Fernando Ramirez
Hydraloop Inc.
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Tanner Yess
Groundwork Ohio River Valley
Dr. Angela Chalk
Healthy Community Services
Rachele Lopez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Thea Louis
Wellesley College
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Corita Waters
National Park Service
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Gabe Vasquez
City of Las Cruces
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Vidya Balasubramanyam
CSO
Jessica Dandridge
The Water Collaborative
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Ngodoo Atume
UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences
Jahan Taganova
One Young World Peace Ambassador
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos / CO Dept. of Public Health and Env.
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Alai Reyes-Santos
University of Oregon
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Alyssa Senturk
San Diego Coastkeeper
Breanna González
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Buffalo Sewer Authority
Kimbaya Carriere
First Nations Fisheries Council- Water For Fish
Heather Tanana
University of California, Irvine
Shreya Agrawal
The Xylom
Anita Shervington
BLAST Fest
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Nahal Ghoghaie
Kearns & West
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Marleen Villanueva
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Ayako Tischler
Moonshot Missions
Martin Griffin
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Frank Ruiz
Audubon California
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
Emma Robbins
Planet Woman
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Billie Li
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Nadine Robertson
Manchac Management Services and Consulting Group
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado Water Center
Ashwin Dhanasekar
The Water Research Foundation
Jorge Roman-Romero
Georgetown University Law Center
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Maria Bone
Kearns & West Inc.
Jeremiah Muhammad
Blacks In Green
Jacob Bernal
Washington State University
Kristi Pullen Fedinick
The George Washington University
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Maria Bone
Kearns & West Inc.
Angela Guyadeen
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Newsha Ajami
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Alondra Hernandez
WEAT
Alastair Bitsóí
High Country News
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Shama Perveen
CERES
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Sarah Traore
Charles River Watershed Association Inc.
Joseluis Ortiz
Greenroots Institute
Nusrat Molla
UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Quentin Stubbs
NOAA
Nasim Pica
Weston Solutions, Inc.
Vinicius Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Ngodoo Atume
Clean Water Action
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Thea Louis
Duke Energy
maritza mendoza
GreenLatinos
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Kedar Dabhadkar
KETOS
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
Vicky Espinoza
The Nature Conservancy
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
Environmental Defense Fund
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Ciara Horne
University of Virginia
Damian Shapes Padilla
Georgetown University
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
Milin Patel
World of Water Consultancy Ltd
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Jillian Marshall
Heal the Bay
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
Charming Evelyn
Sierra Club
Maya Richard-Craven
Freelance
Elizabeth Ruiz
Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Program
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Groundwork USA
Marc Oliver Quijano
Coalition of Accredited Laboratories
Analise Rivero
California Trout
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Roland Jones
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Pita Juarez
Sunrise Project
Michael Mendez
UC Irvine
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Emily Raquel Warren Armitano
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Ruthie Redmond
Trimtab Sustainable Waters
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
Carlos Moran
Council for Watershed Health
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Alex Ortiz
Sierra Club
Priscila Alves
University of Maryland
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
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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]