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