Color Of Water

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

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Roland Jones

CIS

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Afia Zakiya

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

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Benu Amun Ra

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

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Paula Buchanan

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

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Olga Cano

HUD

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

shama perveen

Ceres

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Aria Harris

TYLin

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Esteban Ortiz

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

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Talia London

The Common Acre

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Victor Galvan

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

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

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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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