Color Of Water

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

Olga Cano

HUD

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Jeremiah Muhammad

Blacks In Green

Pallavi Bharadwaj

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium/University of California Santa Cruz

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Allen Townsend, Ph.D., MPA

World Wildlife Fund

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Vidya Balasubramanyam

Coastal States Organization

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Roland Jones

CIS

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Frank Ruiz

Audubon California

Walt Walker

TYLin

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Shama Perveen

CERES

Paula Buchanan

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

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Emma Robbins

Planet Woman

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Esteban Ortiz

Gorge Aspirations/ Aspiraciones del Gorge

Kaiser Ahad

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Victor Galvan

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

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Chakena Perry

NRDC

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Afia Zakiya

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

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

Environmental Defense Fund

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability

Talia London

The Common Acre

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Jorge Roman-Romero

Bassman, Mitchell, Alfano & Leiter Chtd.

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Priscila B R Alves

University of Maryland

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

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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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