Color Of Water

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

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Aria Harris

TYLin

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Roland Jones

CIS

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Paula Buchanan

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

Esteban Ortiz

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

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Victor Galvan

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

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Afia Zakiya

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

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Olga Cano

HUD

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Benu Amun Ra

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

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Talia London

The Common Acre

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Shama Perveen

CERES

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

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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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