Color Of Water

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

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Benu Amun Ra

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

Walt Walker

TYLin

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Andrea León-Grossmann

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Olga Cano

HUD

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Talia London

The Common Acre

Esteban Ortiz

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

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Victor Galvan

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

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Afia Zakiya

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

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Roland Jones

CIS

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Aria Harris

TYLin

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Paula Buchanan

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

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

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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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