Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Kabir Thatte
The Vessel Collective
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Felice Green
Milwaukee Water Commons
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Michael Mendez
UC Irvine
Shama Perveen
CERES
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Talia London
The Common Acre
Vinicius Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Allen Townsend, Ph.D., MPA
World Wildlife Fund
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Ashwin Dhanasekar
Brown and Caldwell
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Pallavi Bharadwaj
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Alai Reyes-Santos
University of Oregon
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Esteban Ortiz
Gorge Aspirations/ Aspiraciones del Gorge
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Jacob Bernal
American Rivers
Carlos Calderon
West Michigan Environmental Action Council
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Nusrat Molla
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Alondra Hernandez-Bose
WEAT
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Cyatharine Alias
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Jeremiah Muhammad
Blacks In Green
Angela Guyadeen
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Houston Public Works
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
Environmental Defense Fund
Chauncey Foster
we.grow.eco
Maisah Khan
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation
Billie Li
Wright-Pierce
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Ruthie Redmond
UC Berkeley
Jorge Roman-Romero
Bassman, Mitchell, Alfano & Leiter Chtd.
Tanasia Swift
Billion Oyster Project
Gabe Vasquez
US Congress
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Martin Griffin
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Oday Salim
University of Michigan Law School
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Harshini Ratnayaka
Save the Dunes
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Nathaniel I Kollie
University of California Santa Cruz
Analise Rivero
California Trout
Breanna Gonzalez
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Chakena Perry
NRDC
Olga Morales Pate
Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated
Ngodoo Atume
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Nahal G. Ipakchi
BluePoint Planning
Alex Ortiz
Austin Water and Wastewater Commission
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Newsha Ajami
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz
Greenroots Institute
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Vicky Espinoza
CaliWaterAg
Sydney Garcia
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
Nadine Robertson
Veolia North America
Patricia Lindsay-Harvey
Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority
Kimbaya Carriere
Nuxalk First Nation
Usman Mahmood
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
Olga Cano
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jo Banner
The Descendants Project
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Damian Shapes Padilla
Spirit Rock Consulting
Arsum Pathak
National Wildlife Federation
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
Joy Banner
The Descendants Project
Carlos Moran
Northeast Trees
Paula Buchanan
National Center for Domestic Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School
Thea Louis
MSC Industrial Supply Co.
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
Temiloluwa Akinyemi
Monterey Bay Aquarium/University of California Santa Cruz
Ayako Tischler
Moonshot Missions
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Groundwork USA
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Nicole Nelson
Equity Legal Services, Inc
Marc Oliver Quijano
Jacobs
Val Schull
GreenLatinos
Roland Jones
CIS
Maritza Mendoza
Empower DC
Charles Cassagnol
Western Ecology, LLC
Quentin Stubbs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
Fernando Ramirez
Bridges 2023 International
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Elizabeth Ruiz
CA State Water Resources Control Board
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
Daniel Cordalis
Native American Rights Fund
Ciara Horne
SBG Digital
Rachele Lopez
Justice Outside
Nasim Pica
WSP in the U.S.
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado State University
Rhea Drozdenko
Connecticut River Conservancy
Monica Driggers
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Rob Larson
Grand Valley State University
Angela M Chalk
Healthy Community Services
Naveen Adusumilli
Louisiana State University
Emily Warren Armitano
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Kaiser Ahad
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Heather Tanana
University of California, Irvine
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Ehab Meselhe
Tulane University
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Vidya Balasubramanyam
Coastal States Organization
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Xochitl Bervera
Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters
Frank Ruiz
Audubon California
Cate Caldwell
Illinois Environmental Council
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Pita Juarez
Comms Consultant
Tanner Yess
Groundwork USA
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Walt Walker
TYLin
Alastair Bitsóí
Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Andrea León-Grossmann
Vote Solar
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Tiffany Sevilla
Greenprint Partners
Carolan Sonderegger
For Love of Water
Rhysea Agrawal
The Xylom
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Priscila B R Alves
University of Maryland
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Jahan Taganova
City and County of Denver
Mallika Nocco
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Nicole Chavas
Greenprint Partners
Sidney Opiyo
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jessica Dandridge-Smith
The Water Collaborative
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Bre’Shaun Reddick
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Kedar Dabhadkar
Lam Research
Emma Robbins
Planet Woman
Bridget Ray
Washington State Department of Commerce
Charming Evelyn
OceanWell Water
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Sarah Traore
The University of Texas at Austin
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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.
Read the joint statement by Color of Water members on the importance of equity in the water world.
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