Color Of Water

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

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Roland Jones

CIS

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Esteban Ortiz

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

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Talia London

The Common Acre

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Victor Galvan

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

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Aria Harris

TYLin

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Afia Zakiya

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

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Olga Cano

HUD

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Benu Amun Ra

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

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Guadalupe F

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Paula Buchanan

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

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

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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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