Color Of Water

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

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Afia Zakiya

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

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Walt Walker

TYLin

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Benu Amun Ra

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

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Talia London

The Common Acre

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Olga Cano

HUD

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Andrea León-Grossmann

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Paula Buchanan

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

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Victor Galvan

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

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Roland Jones

CIS

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Esteban Ortiz

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

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Aria Harris

TYLin

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

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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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