Color Of Water

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

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Benu Amun Ra

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

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Victor Galvan

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

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Roland Jones

CIS

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Paula Buchanan

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

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Walt Walker

TYLin

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Talia London

The Common Acre

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Esteban Ortiz

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

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Aria Harris

TYLin

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Olga Cano

HUD

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Afia Zakiya

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

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

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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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