Color Of Water

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

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Afia Zakiya

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

Shama Perveen

CERES

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Victor Galvan

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

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Esteban Ortiz

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

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Paula Buchanan

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

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Benu Amun Ra

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

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Aria Harris

TYLin

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Roland Jones

CIS

Talia London

The Common Acre

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Walt Walker

TYLin

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Olga Cano

HUD

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

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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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