Color Of Water

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

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Olga Cano

HUD

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Esteban Ortiz

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

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Afia Zakiya

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

Aria Harris

TYLin

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Paula Buchanan

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

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Victor Galvan

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

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Roland Jones

CIS

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Benu Amun Ra

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

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Talia London

The Common Acre

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Walt Walker

TYLin

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

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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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