Color Of Water

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

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Olga Cano

HUD

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Shama Perveen

CERES

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Aria Harris

TYLin

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Talia London

The Common Acre

Victor Galvan

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

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Esteban Ortiz

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

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Paula Buchanan

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

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Benu Amun Ra

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

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Afia Zakiya

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

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Roland Jones

CIS

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

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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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