Color Of Water

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

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Analise Rivero

California Trout

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Andrea León-Grossmann

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Olga Cano

HUD

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Paula Buchanan

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

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Aria Harris

TYLin

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Talia London

The Common Acre

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Roland Jones

CIS

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Benu Amun Ra

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

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Victor Galvan

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

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Walt Walker

TYLin

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Esteban Ortiz

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

Afia Zakiya

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

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

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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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