Color Of Water

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

Roland Jones

CIS

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Esteban Ortiz

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

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Aria Harris

TYLin

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Benu Amun Ra

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

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Paula Buchanan

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

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Afia Zakiya

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

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Talia London

The Common Acre

Olga Cano

HUD

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Victor Galvan

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

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Walt Walker

TYLin

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

shama perveen

Ceres

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

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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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