Color Of Water

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

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Esteban Ortiz

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

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Roland Jones

CIS

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Aria Harris

TYLin

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

shama perveen

Ceres

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Paula Buchanan

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

Afia Zakiya

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

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Olga Cano

HUD

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Victor Galvan

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

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Benu Amun Ra

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

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Walt Walker

TYLin

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Talia London

The Common Acre

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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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