Color Of Water

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

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Walt Walker

TYLin

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Talia London

The Common Acre

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Paula Buchanan

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

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Roland Jones

CIS

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Afia Zakiya

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

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Benu Amun Ra

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

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Aria Harris

TYLin

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Victor Galvan

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

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Shama Perveen

CERES

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Olga Cano

HUD

Esteban Ortiz

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

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

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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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