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