Color Of Water

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

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Afia Zakiya

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

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Roland Jones

CIS

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Talia London

The Common Acre

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Paula Buchanan

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

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Aria Harris

TYLin

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Olga Cano

HUD

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Walt Walker

TYLin

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Esteban Ortiz

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

Benu Amun Ra

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

Moises Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Victor Galvan

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

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

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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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