Color Of Water

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

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Aria Harris

TYLin

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Talia London

The Common Acre

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Benu Amun Ra

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

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Esteban Ortiz

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

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Olga Cano

HUD

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Andrea León-Grossmann

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Roland Jones

CIS

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Victor Galvan

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

Walt Walker

TYLin

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Afia Zakiya

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

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Paula Buchanan

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

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

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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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