Color Of Water

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

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Olga Cano

HUD

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Walt Walker

TYLin

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Esteban Ortiz

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

Afia Zakiya

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

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Victor Galvan

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

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Benu Amun Ra

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

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Aria Harris

TYLin

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Talia London

The Common Acre

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Paula Buchanan

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

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Roland Jones

CIS

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

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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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