Color Of Water

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

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Talia London

The Common Acre

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Olga Cano

HUD

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Walt Walker

TYLin

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

shama perveen

Ceres

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Paula Buchanan

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

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Aria Harris

TYLin

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Victor Galvan

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

Esteban Ortiz

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

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Roland Jones

CIS

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Afia Zakiya

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

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Benu Amun Ra

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

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

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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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