Color Of Water

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

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Pallavi Bharadwaj

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Chakena Perry

NRDC

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Esteban Ortiz

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

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Jacob Bernal

Washington State University

Roland Jones

CIS

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Services

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Olga Cano

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Shama Perveen

CERES

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

Environmental Defense Fund

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Jared Romero

Walton Family Foundation

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Priscila B R Alves

University of Maryland

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Frank Ruiz

Audubon California

Walt Walker

TYLin

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium/University of California Santa Cruz

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

martin griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Emily Warren

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Emma Robbins

Planet Woman

Ruthie Redmond

US Water Alliance

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jeremiah Muhammad

Blacks In Green

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ngodoo Atume

UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Paula Buchanan

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

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Billie Li

Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Afia Zakiya

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

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Victor Galvan

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

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Michael Mendez

UC Irvine

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Vidya Balasubramanyam

Coastal States Organization

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Thea Louis

Duke Energy Corporation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Jorge Roman-Romero

Bassman, Mitchell, Alfano & Leiter Chtd.

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

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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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