Color Of Water

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

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Benu Amun Ra

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

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Victor Galvan

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

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Afia Zakiya

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

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Talia London

The Common Acre

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Esteban Ortiz

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

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Olga Cano

HUD

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Roland Jones

CIS

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Aria Harris

TYLin

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Walt Walker

TYLin

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Paula Buchanan

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

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

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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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