Color Of Water

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

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Benu Amun Ra

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

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Olga Cano

HUD

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Roland Jones

CIS

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Esteban Ortiz

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

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Walt Walker

TYLin

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Andrea León-Grossmann

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Talia London

The Common Acre

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Aria Harris

TYLin

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Paula Buchanan

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

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Afia Zakiya

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

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Chakena Sims

NRDC

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Victor Galvan

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

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

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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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