Color Of Water

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

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Benu Amun Ra

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

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Esteban Ortiz

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

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Paula Buchanan

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

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Victor Galvan

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

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Aria Harris

TYLin

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Olga Cano

HUD

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Roland Jones

CIS

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Moises Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Talia London

The Common Acre

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Afia Zakiya

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

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

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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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