Color Of Water

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

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

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Empower DC

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Esteban Ortiz

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

Olga Cano

HUD

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Aria Harris

TYLin

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Roland Jones

CIS

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Afia Zakiya

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

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

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Empower DC

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Paula Buchanan

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

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

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Ceres

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Walt Walker

TYLin

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Victor Galvan

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

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Benu Amun Ra

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

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Talia London

The Common Acre

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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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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