Color Of Water

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

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Talia London

The Common Acre

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Paula Buchanan

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

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Victor Galvan

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

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Benu Amun Ra

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

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Olga Cano

HUD

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Roland Jones

CIS

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Esteban Ortiz

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

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Aria Harris

TYLin

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Afia Zakiya

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

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Shama Perveen

CERES

Walt Walker

TYLin

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

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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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