Color Of Water

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

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Victor Galvan

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

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Esteban Ortiz

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

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Benu Amun Ra

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

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Walt Walker

TYLin

Afia Zakiya

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

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Paula Buchanan

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

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Olga Cano

HUD

Roland Jones

CIS

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Talia London

The Common Acre

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Aria Harris

TYLin

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

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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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