Color Of Water

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

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

shama perveen

Ceres

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Benu Amun Ra

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

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Olga Cano

HUD

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Esteban Ortiz

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

Victor Galvan

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

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Talia London

The Common Acre

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Paula Buchanan

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

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Walt Walker

TYLin

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Aria Harris

TYLin

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Afia Zakiya

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

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Roland Jones

CIS

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

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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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