Color Of Water

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

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Aria Harris

TYLin

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Walt Walker

TYLin

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Roland Jones

CIS

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Esteban Ortiz

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

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Victor Galvan

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

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Olga Cano

HUD

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Benu Amun Ra

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

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Afia Zakiya

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

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Paula Buchanan

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

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Talia London

The Common Acre

Chakena Sims

NRDC

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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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