Color Of Water

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

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Esteban Ortiz

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

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Aria Harris

TYLin

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Walt Walker

TYLin

Benu Amun Ra

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

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Olga Cano

HUD

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Afia Zakiya

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

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Paula Buchanan

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

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Roland Jones

CIS

Talia London

The Common Acre

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Victor Galvan

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

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

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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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