Color Of Water

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

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Paula Buchanan

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

Shama Perveen

CERES

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Afia Zakiya

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

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Roland Jones

CIS

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Benu Amun Ra

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

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Olga Cano

HUD

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Esteban Ortiz

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

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Victor Galvan

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

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Aria Harris

TYLin

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Talia London

The Common Acre

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Walt Walker

TYLin

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

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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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