Color Of Water

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

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Benu Amun Ra

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

Paula Buchanan

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

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Aria Harris

TYLin

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Afia Zakiya

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

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Talia London

The Common Acre

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

shama perveen

Ceres

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Esteban Ortiz

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

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Analise Rivero

California Trout

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Walt Walker

TYLin

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Victor Galvan

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

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Roland Jones

CIS

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Olga Cano

HUD

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

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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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