Color Of Water

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

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Afia Zakiya

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

Chakena Sims

NRDC

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Victor Galvan

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

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Andrea León-Grossmann

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Roland Jones

CIS

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Paula Buchanan

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

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Benu Amun Ra

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

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Talia London

The Common Acre

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Walt Walker

TYLin

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Esteban Ortiz

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

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Aria Harris

TYLin

Olga Cano

HUD

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell 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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