Color Of Water

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

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Olga Cano

HUD

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Esteban Ortiz

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

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Walt Walker

TYLin

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Paula Buchanan

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

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Benu Amun Ra

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

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Afia Zakiya

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

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Victor Galvan

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

Roland Jones

CIS

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Aria Harris

TYLin

Talia London

The Common Acre

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

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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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