Color Of Water

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

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Afia Zakiya

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

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Olga Cano

HUD

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Talia London

The Common Acre

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Paula Buchanan

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

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Victor Galvan

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

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Roland Jones

CIS

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Benu Amun Ra

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

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Esteban Ortiz

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

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Aria Harris

TYLin

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Shama Perveen

Ceres

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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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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