Color Of Water

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

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Chakena Sims

NRDC

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Benu Amun Ra

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

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Esteban Ortiz

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

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Talia London

The Common Acre

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Paula Buchanan

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

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Afia Zakiya

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

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Walt Walker

TYLin

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Victor Galvan

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

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Aria Harris

TYLin

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Roland Jones

CIS

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Olga Cano

HUD

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Moises Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

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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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