Color Of Water

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

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Benu Amun Ra

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

Roland Jones

CIS

Talia London

The Common Acre

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

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Empower DC

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Esteban Ortiz

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

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Olga Cano

HUD

Shama Perveen

CERES

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Aria Harris

TYLin

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Victor Galvan

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

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Afia Zakiya

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

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Paula Buchanan

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

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Empower DC

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

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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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