Color Of Water

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

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Esteban Ortiz

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

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Talia London

The Common Acre

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Roland Jones

CIS

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Benu Amun Ra

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

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Walt Walker

TYLin

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Paula Buchanan

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

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Olga Cano

HUD

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Victor Galvan

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

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Afia Zakiya

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

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Aria Harris

TYLin

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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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