16 Jan 2025
"We're not only looking at individual communities but looking at sustainability region-wide."
#ColorOfWater member & @CaWaterBoards' Adriana Renteria discusses CA's Safe & Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience (SAFER) program.
@thewaterloop: bit.ly/CalifSAFER
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15 Jan 2025
How do you fix water systems in communities unable to apply for funding? CA’s SAFER program identifies at-risk systems, offers hands-on support, & ensures safe water access.
Adriana Renteria explains: bit.ly/CalifSAFER
#ColorOfWater podcast is a collab w/ @thewaterloop.
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13 Jan 2025
💧 About 1M Californians face challenges accessing safe, affordable water. In the latest #ColorOfWater episode with @thewaterloop, Adriana Renteria explains how the SAFER program tackles inequities with funding, tech help, & trust-building.
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/CalifSAFER
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18 Nov 2024
Congratulations to #ColorOfWater member @MikeMendezPhD on receiving the Hero Award from California Safe Schools! 💧🌟
1 Nov 2024
The California Safe Schools Hero Award was bestowed to @UCIrvine @UciUrban Assistant Professor @MikeMendezPhD for outstanding contributions of exemplary leadership as an environmental policy and justice scholar, author and advocate. tinyurl.com/MMcssHERO #AllinforAll
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31 Oct 2024
🌎 #ColorOfWater member, @pitaJ captures life on the U.S.-Mexico border, where Latine communities face extreme heat and rising rates. Her work reframes the border as a place where survival and climate action intersect.
Read more in @19thnews: 19thnews.org/2024/10/latinx-…
!["[It’s the] people who are educating themselves, not because they’re environmentalists, but just because they’re trying to survive. And they’re seeing the effects of the heat. And they’re seeing the effects on their economy, and the bill."
Pita Juarez
VP of Marketing & Communications, Field Media Corps](https://venexa.site/media/GbPE4PRakAImsmN.jpg)
ALT "[It’s the] people who are educating themselves, not because they’re environmentalists, but just because they’re trying to survive. And they’re seeing the effects of the heat. And they’re seeing the effects on their economy, and the bill." Pita Juarez VP of Marketing & Communications, Field Media Corps
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28 Oct 2024
Navigating environmental work with new partners requires honesty. Julian Gonzalez of @Earthjustice reminds us that trust grows when we acknowledge past harms and commit to genuine change.
Listen to the latest #ColorOfWater episode from @thewaterloop ➡️ bit.ly/PartnerJustice
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24 Oct 2024
“When you have partnerships based in their constituencies, [electeds'] ears perk up a little bit more.” - Julian Gonzalez, @Earthjustice 💚
See how uniting with local voices makes water advocacy stronger in the newest #ColorOfWater pod from @thewaterloop: bit.ly/PartnerJustice
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22 Oct 2024
Winning in court is just part of the story. @Earthjustice has learned that real change happens when we build meaningful, lasting partnerships with communities. Julian Gonzalez shares more in the latest #ColorOfWater episode with @thewaterloop!
Episode➡️ bit.ly/PartnerJustice
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8 Oct 2024
🌟 In honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth, we’re spotlighting Carlos Moran, new Executive Director of North East Trees & #ColorOfWater member! Carlos connects water justice with public health & green infrastructure to transform LA communities.
Learn more: colorofwater.waterhub.org/ex…
ALT Quoted and pictured is Carlos Moran, Executive Director for North East Trees. Quote: Water matters to me because my great-grandchildren depend on the decisions we make today and ensuring their future means protecting and managing our most vital resource.
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27 Sep 2024
🌟 Meet Silvia R. González of @UCLAlatino! Her work advances racial equity in climate & water justice.
She says: "While we've made progress in water security, there's still room for improvement, and we all have a role to play." #ColorOfWater #HispanicHeritageMonth
ALT Silvia R. Gonzalez (she/her) Director of Research UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute Quote: 1 in 5 Americans is Latino, but we are rarely included in discussions about water. I get excited thinking about how we can change this so my community is at the decision-making table.
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16 Sep 2024
🌟 In honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth, we're spotlighting #ColorOfWater member Lenise Marrero, #OneWater Lead at @brwncald. Born in Puerto Rico, she draws on her lived experience and expertise to champion equitable water solutions.
Learn more: colorofwater.waterhub.org/ex…
ALT Lenise Marrero, One Water Lead at Brown and Caldwell, featured in a quote graphic. Quoted: "Water is life... I have witnessed firsthand the power of people and communities coming together to harness the value of all water."
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3 Aug 2024
💧The Colorado Water Fellows Program is expanding statewide! This year, students at @CUBoulder, @UofDenver, @msudenver, @FLCSkyhawks, and @ColoradoMesaU will dive into water issues & careers.
Listen to the latest #ColorOfWater episode of @thewaterloop: bit.ly/ColoradoLeaders
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1 Aug 2024
The Colorado Water Fellows Program is going statewide!
Starting this year, in addition to @ColoradoStateU, it will be offered at:
➡️@CUBoulder
➡️@UofDenver
➡️@msudenver
➡️@FLCSkyhawks
➡️@ColoradoMesaU
Episode at bit.ly/ColoradoLeaders
#ColorOfWater a collab w/@water_hub
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31 Jul 2024
This moment in #water, with its challenges and opportunities, needs people who come from diverse backgrounds and will question how things could be done differently, says Jessica Thrasher of @COWaterCenter.
Episode at bit.ly/ColoradoLeaders
#ColorOfWater a collab w/@water_hub
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30 Jul 2024
Jessica Thrasher on @thewaterloop podcast talks about a program where students can connect to the water sector, learn from water experts, and gain hands-on experience. Shaping the next gen of water leaders! 💧
Listen to the latest #ColorOfWater episode: bit.ly/ColoradoLeaders
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29 Jul 2024
Now listening to the latest episode of @thewaterloop podcast! 🎧 Featuring #ColorOfWater member Jessica Thrasher from @COWaterCenter, tune in as she chats with Travis and our own José about cultivating future water leaders. #WaterLeadership
Listen now: bit.ly/ColoradoLeaders
ALT Picture of Jessica Thrasher of Colorado Water Center. Text reads: Episode #233: Jessica Thrasher. Cultivating Future Water Leaders in Colorado.
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28 Jun 2024
Appreciating the wisdom of our #ColorOfWater member, Brenda Coley of @MKEWaterCommons as #PrideMonth comes to a close: "We are all part of [building a multi-racial, multicultural] society and we have to be an active part of it."
More in @WisLGBTQHistory: wislgbthistory.com/blog/bren…
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Love seeing our #ColorOfWater members doing amazing things✨
31 May 2024
Meanwhile, so happy to be back in the game! Filed my first story for @insideclimate . Jawst a Rez kid trying to make it as a journalist covering #NYC. Inner-channeling my bestie @ABecenti who writes with her baseball cap. Thank you girlie for the endless support. 🏙🪶🤎💋
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24 May 2024
"...No matter where we are from, we all have a culturally specific commitment to the health of water," says @alaireyessantos. 💧🌍
🎧Hear more insights on building #WaterJustice networks in latest #ColorOfWater series with @thewaterloop: bit.ly/OregonJustice
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