Color Of Water

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

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Esteban Ortiz

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

Benu Amun Ra

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

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Olga Cano

HUD

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Aria Harris

TYLin

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Roland Jones

CIS

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Talia London

The Common Acre

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Afia Zakiya

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

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Paula Buchanan

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

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Victor Galvan

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

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

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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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