Color Of Water

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

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Aria Harris

TYLin

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Olga Cano

HUD

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Paula Buchanan

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

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Benu Amun Ra

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

Victor Galvan

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

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Roland Jones

CIS

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Talia London

The Common Acre

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Walt Walker

TYLin

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Esteban Ortiz

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

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Afia Zakiya

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

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

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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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