Color Of Water

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

Paula Buchanan

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

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Talia London

The Common Acre

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Olga Cano

HUD

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Victor Galvan

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

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Esteban Ortiz

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

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Afia Zakiya

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

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Roland Jones

CIS

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Aria Harris

TYLin

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Walt Walker

TYLin

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Benu Amun Ra

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

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

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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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