Color Of Water

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

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Olga Cano

HUD

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Esteban Ortiz

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

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Roland Jones

CIS

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Talia London

The Common Acre

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Victor Galvan

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

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Afia Zakiya

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

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Shama Perveen

CERES

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Paula Buchanan

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

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Aria Harris

TYLin

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Benu Amun Ra

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

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Walt Walker

TYLin

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

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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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