Color Of Water

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

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Shama Perveen

Ceres

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Roland Jones

CIS

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Victor Galvan

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

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Benu Amun Ra

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

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Afia Zakiya

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

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Olga Cano

HUD

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Talia London

The Common Acre

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Walt Walker

TYLin

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Aria Harris

TYLin

Esteban Ortiz

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

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Paula Buchanan

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

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

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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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