Color Of Water

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

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Benu Amun Ra

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

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Victor Galvan

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

Paula Buchanan

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

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Afia Zakiya

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

Walt Walker

TYLin

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Roland Jones

CIS

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Talia London

The Common Acre

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Olga Cano

HUD

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Aria Harris

TYLin

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Esteban Ortiz

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

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

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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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