Color Of Water

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

Walt Walker

TYLin

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Esteban Ortiz

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

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Paula Buchanan

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

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Talia London

The Common Acre

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Afia Zakiya

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

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Roland Jones

CIS

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Aria Harris

TYLin

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Victor Galvan

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

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Benu Amun Ra

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

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Olga Cano

HUD

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Shama Perveen

CERES

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

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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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