Color Of Water

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

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Walt Walker

TYLin

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Benu Amun Ra

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

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Talia London

The Common Acre

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Victor Galvan

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

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Olga Cano

HUD

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Afia Zakiya

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

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Roland Jones

CIS

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Paula Buchanan

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

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

shama perveen

Ceres

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Aria Harris

TYLin

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Esteban Ortiz

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

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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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