Color Of Water

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

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Roland Jones

CIS

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Afia Zakiya

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

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Paula Buchanan

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

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Victor Galvan

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

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Benu Amun Ra

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

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Olga Cano

HUD

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Talia London

The Common Acre

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Esteban Ortiz

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

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Walt Walker

TYLin

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Aria Harris

TYLin

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

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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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