Color Of Water

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

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Aria Harris

TYLin

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Paula Buchanan

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

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Victor Galvan

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

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Benu Amun Ra

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

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Olga Cano

HUD

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Andrea León-Grossmann

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Roland Jones

CIS

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Talia London

The Common Acre

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Esteban Ortiz

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

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Afia Zakiya

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

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

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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