Color Of Water

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

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Afia Zakiya

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

Olga Cano

HUD

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Aria Harris

TYLin

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Shama Perveen

CERES

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Paula Buchanan

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

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Benu Amun Ra

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

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Esteban Ortiz

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

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Talia London

The Common Acre

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Victor Galvan

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

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Roland Jones

CIS

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

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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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