Color Of Water

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

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Roland Jones

CIS

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Paula Buchanan

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

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Esteban Ortiz

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

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Walt Walker

TYLin

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Victor Galvan

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

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Afia Zakiya

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

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Benu Amun Ra

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

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Aria Harris

TYLin

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Moises Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Talia London

The Common Acre

Olga Cano

HUD

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

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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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