Color Of Water

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

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Talia London

The Common Acre

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Emma Robbins

Planet Woman

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Esteban Ortiz

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

Vidya Balasubramanyam

Coastal States Organization

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Priscila B R Alves

University of Maryland

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Frank Ruiz

Audubon California

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Paula Buchanan

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

Afia Zakiya

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

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Aria Harris

TYLin

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Walt Walker

TYLin

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Roland Jones

CIS

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Olga Cano

HUD

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Benu Amun Ra

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

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Victor Galvan

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

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Shama Perveen

CERES

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

martin griffin

madison metropolitan sewerage district

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

Environmental Defense Fund

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Alexis Roig

United Nations University

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

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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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