Color Of Water

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

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Victor Galvan

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

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Benu Amun Ra

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

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Walt Walker

TYLin

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Afia Zakiya

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

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Paula Buchanan

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

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Aria Harris

TYLin

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Olga Cano

HUD

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Roland Jones

CIS

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Esteban Ortiz

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

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Talia London

The Common Acre

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

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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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