Color Of Water

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

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Victor Galvan

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

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Benu Amun Ra

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

Paula Buchanan

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

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Esteban Ortiz

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

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Talia London

The Common Acre

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Olga Cano

HUD

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Roland Jones

CIS

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Aria Harris

TYLin

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Andrea León-Grossmann

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Afia Zakiya

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

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

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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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