Color Of Water

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

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Talia London

The Common Acre

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Paula Buchanan

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

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Esteban Ortiz

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

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Roland Jones

CIS

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Victor Galvan

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

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Olga Cano

HUD

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Aria Harris

TYLin

Afia Zakiya

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

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Benu Amun Ra

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

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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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