Color Of Water

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

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Benu Amun Ra

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

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Olga Cano

HUD

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Esteban Ortiz

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

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Afia Zakiya

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

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Guadalupe F

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Roland Jones

CIS

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Talia London

The Common Acre

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Walt Walker

TYLin

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Victor Galvan

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

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Paula Buchanan

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

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Aria Harris

TYLin

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

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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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