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