Color Of Water

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

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Walt Walker

TYLin

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Shama Perveen

CERES

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Victor Galvan

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

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Paula Buchanan

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

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Talia London

The Common Acre

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Roland Jones

CIS

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Afia Zakiya

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

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Aria Harris

TYLin

Benu Amun Ra

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

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Olga Cano

HUD

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Esteban Ortiz

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

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

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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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