Color Of Water

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

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Walt Walker

TYLin

Talia London

The Common Acre

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Olga Cano

HUD

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Aria Harris

TYLin

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Afia Zakiya

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

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Chakena Sims

NRDC

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Victor Galvan

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

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Benu Amun Ra

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

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Roland Jones

CIS

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Paula Buchanan

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

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Esteban Ortiz

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

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

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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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