Color Of Water

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

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Esteban Ortiz

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

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Benu Amun Ra

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

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Olga Cano

HUD

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Paula Buchanan

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

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Afia Zakiya

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

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Talia London

The Common Acre

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Roland Jones

CIS

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Aria Harris

TYLin

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Victor Galvan

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

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

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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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