Color Of Water

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

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Esteban Ortiz

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

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Benu Amun Ra

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

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Walt Walker

TYLin

Aria Harris

TYLin

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Paula Buchanan

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

Olga Cano

HUD

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Shama Perveen

CERES

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Roland Jones

CIS

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Victor Galvan

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

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Talia London

The Common Acre

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Afia Zakiya

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

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

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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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