Color Of Water

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

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Walt Walker

TYLin

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Benu Amun Ra

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

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Olga Cano

HUD

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Afia Zakiya

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

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Paula Buchanan

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

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Aria Harris

TYLin

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Andrea León-Grossmann

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Victor Galvan

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

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Roland Jones

CIS

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Esteban Ortiz

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

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Talia London

The Common Acre

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

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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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