Color Of Water

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

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Emma Robbins

Planet Woman

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Esteban Ortiz

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

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Alexis Roig

United Nations University

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Paula Buchanan

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

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Victor Galvan

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

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Roland Jones

CIS

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Shama Perveen

CERES

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Frank Ruiz

Audubon California

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Benu Amun Ra

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

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Talia London

The Common Acre

Afia Zakiya

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

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

Environmental Defense Fund

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Aria Harris

TYLin

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Walt Walker

TYLin

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Olga Cano

HUD

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Vidya Balasubramanyam

Coastal States Organization

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

martin griffin

madison metropolitan sewerage district

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Priscila B R Alves

University of Maryland

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

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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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