Color Of Water

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

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Walt Walker

TYLin

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Paula Buchanan

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

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Aria Harris

TYLin

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Shama Perveen

CERES

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Olga Cano

HUD

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Talia London

The Common Acre

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Esteban Ortiz

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

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Afia Zakiya

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

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Victor Galvan

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

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Benu Amun Ra

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

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Roland Jones

CIS

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

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Empower DC

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

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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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