Color Of Water

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

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Victor Galvan

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

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Esteban Ortiz

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

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Afia Zakiya

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

Walt Walker

TYLin

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Talia London

The Common Acre

Roland Jones

CIS

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Aria Harris

TYLin

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Paula Buchanan

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

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Olga Cano

HUD

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Benu Amun Ra

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

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

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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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