Color Of Water

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

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Esteban Ortiz

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

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Talia London

The Common Acre

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Aria Harris

TYLin

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Victor Galvan

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

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Roland Jones

CIS

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Benu Amun Ra

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

Paula Buchanan

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

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Olga Cano

HUD

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Afia Zakiya

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

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Andrea León-Grossmann

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

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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