Color Of Water

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

Aria Harris

TYLin

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Walt Walker

TYLin

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Benu Amun Ra

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

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Roland Jones

CIS

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Esteban Ortiz

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

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

shama perveen

Ceres

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Talia London

The Common Acre

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Victor Galvan

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

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Afia Zakiya

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

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Paula Buchanan

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

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Olga Cano

HUD

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

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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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