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