Color Of Water

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

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Talia London

The Common Acre

Paula Buchanan

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

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Victor Galvan

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

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Olga Cano

HUD

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Aria Harris

TYLin

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Roland Jones

CIS

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Walt Walker

TYLin

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Afia Zakiya

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

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Esteban Ortiz

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

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Benu Amun Ra

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

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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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