Color Of Water

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

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Esteban Ortiz

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

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Paula Buchanan

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

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Benu Amun Ra

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

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Afia Zakiya

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

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Roland Jones

CIS

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Olga Cano

HUD

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Victor Galvan

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

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Walt Walker

TYLin

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Talia London

The Common Acre

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Shama Perveen

CERES

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Aria Harris

TYLin

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

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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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