Color Of Water

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

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Walt Walker

TYLin

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Benu Amun Ra

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

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Roland Jones

CIS

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Victor Galvan

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

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Esteban Ortiz

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

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Aria Harris

TYLin

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Olga Cano

HUD

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Paula Buchanan

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

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

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

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Talia London

The Common Acre

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

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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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