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