Color Of Water

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

Talia London

The Common Acre

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Aria Harris

TYLin

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

shama perveen

Ceres

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Esteban Ortiz

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

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Afia Zakiya

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

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Benu Amun Ra

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

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Paula Buchanan

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

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Roland Jones

CIS

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Walt Walker

TYLin

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Victor Galvan

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

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Olga Cano

HUD

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

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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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