Color Of Water

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

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Olga Cano

HUD

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Afia Zakiya

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

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Benu Amun Ra

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

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Victor Galvan

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

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Talia London

The Common Acre

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Paula Buchanan

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

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Esteban Ortiz

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

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Roland Jones

CIS

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Aria Harris

TYLin

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Walt Walker

TYLin

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Andrea León-Grossmann

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

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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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