Category: Spotlights

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Water Hub Staff Q&A: Sussan García

Sussan García is passionate about advancing justice movements with storytelling, accessible communications, and community building.

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Water Hub Staff Q&A: Briana Flin

New Water Hub Content Producer Briana shares her love of storytelling and her background in video journalism.

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Color of Water Greatest Hits 2023

Recapping some of the highlights for the Color of Water network in 2023. Media love, social media shoutouts, and ...

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The Color of Water Podcast Series: Elevating Diverse Voices in Water Expertise and Experience

Water Hub and waterloop announce the launch of the Color of Water podcast series to highlight experts of color in ...

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Pictured are members of the Water Equity & Climate Resilience Caucus at their water affordability panel at Capitol Hill.

Rippling effects: Water affordability advocates bring their stories to Capitol Hill

A recap on the Water Equity & Climate Resilience (WECR) Caucus' panel on water affordability and the need for a ...

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Water Hub Staff Q&A: Zakiyaa Taylor

New Water Hub Communications Manager Zakiyaa dives into her roots and history with environmental justice work.

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Rising Voices: New nonprofit Minnow combats the inextricable link between land, water, and justice

In this issue of the Maven’s Notebook Rising Voices column, Water Hub checks in with Javier Román-Nieves, Director of Strategic ...

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Building Water Trust: Nuestra Casa Tackles Water Justice in the Bay Area

In this issue of the Maven’s Notebook Rising Voices column, the Water Hub checks in with Water Justice Program Coordinator ...

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Rising Voices: Dam Removal and the Future of Algal Blooms

In this issue briefing on the impacts and health concerns of toxic algae, we also dig into the climate connection ...

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Water, food, soil, and California’s need for holistic climate policy

Arohi Sharma shares the importance of soil health, soil's relationship to water quality, and key takeaways from NRDC’s latest regenerative ...

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Water Hub Staff Spotlight Q&A: José Aranda

I draw from past experiences, and incorporate new learnings, to help uplift underrepresented voices in water through the Color of ...

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Envisioning Central Valley 2040

A panel discussion with local environmental justice leaders highlights practices and policies that can build drought resilience and address long ...

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Photo essay: Eyes on the Colorado River

In this photo essay, we toured water infrastructure, restoration projects, Tribal lands, and agricultural areas along the Colorado River.

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Rising Voices: Where does it go? Water allocations & algae blooms in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary

In this March Maven’s Notebook column, we spoke with Restore the Delta’s Science Coordinator, Spencer Fern, and Policy Analyst, Tim ...

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11 Women Making History in the Water Justice Movement. Photos of Nayyirah Shariff, Nana Fofie Amina Bashir, Karma Mayet, Nana A. Korantemah Pierce Williams, Dr. Ife Afriye Fagbulu Kilimanjaro and Brenda Coley

11 Women Making History in the Water Justice Movement

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Rising Voices: Water, power and the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

We spoke with Kameron Hurt about drought impacts in LA, the importance of water and power as a human right, ...

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2021 recap: Color of Water greatest hits

How our Color of Water diverse speakers bureau shined in water media and online in 2021.

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Rising Voices: LA Compost on healthy soil for healthy waters and community

As the global community meets in Glasgow for the latest UN climate talks, we spoke with the Union of Concerned ...

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Rising Voices: California adapts to water change

As the global community meets in Glasgow for the latest UN climate talks, we spoke with the Union of Concerned ...

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Rising Voices: Water affordability and shrinking wells

In our October Maven’s Notebook column, we check in with Clean Water Action’s Program Associate, Cristal Gonzalez & California Director, ...

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