Color Of Water

Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Afia Zakiya

Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Emma Robbins

Planet Woman

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Victor Galvan

Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Vidya Balasubramanyam

Coastal States Organization

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

Environmental Defense Fund

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Shama Perveen

CERES

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

martin griffin

madison metropolitan sewerage district

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Olga Cano

HUD

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Aria Harris

TYLin

Priscila B R Alves

University of Maryland

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Paula Buchanan

National Center for Domestic Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Talia London

The Common Acre

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Roland Jones

CIS

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Alexis Roig

United Nations University

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Walt Walker

TYLin

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Esteban Ortiz

The Gorge Association of Aspirations/La Asociacion de Aspiraciones del Gorge

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Benu Amun Ra

S.A.C.R.Ed Eco-Center

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Frank Ruiz

Audubon California

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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.


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