Color Of Water

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

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Roland Jones

CIS

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Victor Galvan

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

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Talia London

The Common Acre

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Esteban Ortiz

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

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Benu Amun Ra

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

Paula Buchanan

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

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Afia Zakiya

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

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Andrea León-Grossmann

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Olga Cano

HUD

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Aria Harris

TYLin

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Walt Walker

TYLin

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Analise Rivero

California Trout

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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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