Color Of Water

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

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Shama Perveen

CERES

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Victor Galvan

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

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Paula Buchanan

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

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Benu Amun Ra

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

Olga Cano

HUD

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Esteban Ortiz

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

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Aria Harris

TYLin

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Walt Walker

TYLin

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Talia London

The Common Acre

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Afia Zakiya

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

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Roland Jones

CIS

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

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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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