Color Of Water

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

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Aria Harris

TYLin

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Paula Buchanan

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

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Chakena Sims

NRDC

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Victor Galvan

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

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Benu Amun Ra

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

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Talia London

The Common Acre

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Roland Jones

CIS

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Walt Walker

TYLin

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Afia Zakiya

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

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

shama perveen

Ceres

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Esteban Ortiz

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

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Olga Cano

HUD

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

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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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