Color Of Water

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

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Afia Zakiya

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

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Talia London

The Common Acre

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Olga Cano

HUD

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Paula Buchanan

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

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Benu Amun Ra

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

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Walt Walker

TYLin

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Andrea León-Grossmann

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Roland Jones

CIS

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Aria Harris

TYLin

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Esteban Ortiz

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

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Victor Galvan

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

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

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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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