Color Of Water

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

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Paula Buchanan

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

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Frank Ruiz

Audubon California

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Talia London

The Common Acre

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Vidya Balasubramanyam

Coastal States Organization

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Emma Robbins

Planet Woman

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Benu Amun Ra

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

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Roland Jones

CIS

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Afia Zakiya

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

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Esteban Ortiz

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

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Victor Galvan

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

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Shama Perveen

CERES

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Aria Harris

TYLin

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Priscila B R Alves

University of Maryland

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

Environmental Defense Fund

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Olga Cano

HUD

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

martin griffin

madison metropolitan sewerage district

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Alexis Roig

United Nations University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

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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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