Color Of Water

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

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

Environmental Defense Fund

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Emma Robbins

Planet Woman

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Priscila B R Alves

University of Maryland

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

martin griffin

madison metropolitan sewerage district

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Talia London

The Common Acre

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Paula Buchanan

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

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Victor Galvan

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

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Alexis Roig

United Nations University

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Benu Amun Ra

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

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Aria Harris

TYLin

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Olga Cano

HUD

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Walt Walker

TYLin

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Afia Zakiya

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

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Shama Perveen

CERES

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Frank Ruiz

Audubon California

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Roland Jones

CIS

Vidya Balasubramanyam

Coastal States Organization

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Esteban Ortiz

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

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

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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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