Color Of Water

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

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Frank Ruiz

Audubon California

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Emma Robbins

Planet Woman

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jorge Roman-Romero

Bassman, Mitchell, Alfano & Leiter Chtd.

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Jeremiah Muhammad

Blacks In Green

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Vidya Balasubramanyam

Coastal States Organization

Alexis Roig

United Nations University

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Shama Perveen

CERES

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Talia London

The Common Acre

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

martin griffin

madison metropolitan sewerage district

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Olga Cano

HUD

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Benu Amun Ra

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

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Chakena Perry

NRDC

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Priscila B R Alves

University of Maryland

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

Environmental Defense Fund

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Afia Zakiya

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

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Roland Jones

CIS

Victor Galvan

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

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Esteban Ortiz

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

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Paula Buchanan

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

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Kaiser Ahad

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

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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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