Color Of Water

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

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Aria Harris

TYLin

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Walt Walker

TYLin

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Benu Amun Ra

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

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Roland Jones

CIS

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Victor Galvan

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

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Talia London

The Common Acre

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Esteban Ortiz

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

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Afia Zakiya

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

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Olga Cano

HUD

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Paula Buchanan

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

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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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