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