Color Of Water

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

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Talia London

The Common Acre

Olga Cano

HUD

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Benu Amun Ra

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

Shama Perveen

CERES

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Walt Walker

TYLin

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Victor Galvan

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

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Afia Zakiya

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

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Aria Harris

TYLin

Paula Buchanan

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

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Esteban Ortiz

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

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Roland Jones

CIS

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

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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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