Color Of Water

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

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

shama perveen

Ceres

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Victor Galvan

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

Afia Zakiya

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

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Paula Buchanan

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

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Talia London

The Common Acre

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Olga Cano

HUD

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Esteban Ortiz

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

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Roland Jones

CIS

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Aria Harris

TYLin

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Benu Amun Ra

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

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Walt Walker

TYLin

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

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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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