Color Of Water

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

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Victor Galvan

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

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Benu Amun Ra

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

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Roland Jones

CIS

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Shama Perveen

CERES

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Esteban Ortiz

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

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Aria Harris

TYLin

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Talia London

The Common Acre

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Afia Zakiya

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

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Olga Cano

HUD

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Paula Buchanan

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

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Felice Green

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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