Color Of Water

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

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Afia Zakiya

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

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Roland Jones

CIS

Walt Walker

TYLin

Paula Buchanan

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

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Olga Cano

HUD

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Esteban Ortiz

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

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Aria Harris

TYLin

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Benu Amun Ra

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

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Talia London

The Common Acre

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Victor Galvan

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

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

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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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