Color Of Water

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

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Paula Buchanan

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

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Esteban Ortiz

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

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Walt Walker

TYLin

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Talia London

The Common Acre

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Roland Jones

CIS

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Aria Harris

TYLin

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Afia Zakiya

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

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Benu Amun Ra

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

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Victor Galvan

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

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Olga Cano

HUD

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Andrea León-Grossmann

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

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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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