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