Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Analise Rivero
California Trout
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Tanner Yess
Groundwork USA
Michael Méndez
UC Irvine
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Kimbaya Carriere
Nuxalk First Nation
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Mallika Nocco
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Heather Tanana
University of California, Irvine
Fernando Ramirez
Bridges 2023 International
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Emma Robbins
The Chapter House
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Joy Banner
The Descendants Project
Nathaniel I Kollie
University of California Santa Cruz
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
California State University, Monterey Bay
maritza mendoza
Empower DC
Elizabeth Ruiz
CA State Water Resources Control Board
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Newsha Ajami
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Rhysea Agrawal
The Xylom
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Frank Ruiz
The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz
Alondra Hernandez-Bose
WEAT
Kabir Thatte
The Vessel Collective
Xochitl Bervera
Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters
Benu Amun Ra
S.A.C.R.Ed Eco-Center
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Carlos Calderon
West Michigan Environmental Action Council
Jasmine Walker
IMPACT Community Action
Sydney Garcia
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Groundwork USA
Gabe Vasquez
US Congress
Damian Shapes Padilla
Spirit Rock Consulting
Temiloluwa Akinyemi
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Ciara Horne
SBG Digital
Allen Townsend
World Wildlife Fund
Ruthie Redmond
UC Berkeley
Martin Griffin
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Nasim Pica
WSP in the U.S.
Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz
Greenroots Institute
Vinicius Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
Marc Oliver Quijano
Jacobs
Nicole Nelson
Equity Legal Services, Inc
Shama Perveen
CERES
Pallavi Bharadwaj
SEG
Talia London
The Common Acre
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Val Schull
GreenLatinos
Vicky Espinoza
CaliWaterAg
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
Ayako Tischler
Xylem
Bridget Ray
Washington State Department of Commerce
Olga Morales Pate
Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated
Harshini Ratnayaka
Save the Dunes
maritza mendoza
Empower DC
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Angela M Chalk
Healthy Community Resources Services
Daniel Cordalis
Native American Rights Fund
Billie Li
Wright-Pierce
Tanasia Swift
Billion Oyster Project
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Kedar Dabhadkar
Lam Research
Roland Jones
CIS
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Priscila Alves
University of Maryland
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Carlos Moran
Northeast Trees
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Jahan Taganova
City and County of Denver
Nahal G. Ipakchi
BluePoint Planning
Carolan Sonderegger
For Love of Water
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Sarah Traore
The University of Texas at Austin
Nusrat Molla
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University
Alastair Bitsóí
Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
Chauncey Foster
we.grow.eco
Usman Mahmood
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Sidney Opiyo
University of California, Santa Cruz
Maisah Khan
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado State University
Rob Larson
Grand Valley State University
Angela Guyadeen
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
Bre’Shaun Reddick
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
Emily Warren Armitano
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Aria Harris
TYLin
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Houston Public Works
Felice Green
Milwaukee Water Commons
Cate Caldwell
Illinois Environmental Council
Oday Salim
University of Michigan Law School
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Rhea Drozdenko
Connecticut River Conservancy
Cyatharine Alias
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Jo Banner
The Descendants Project
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Esteban Ortiz
The Gorge Association of Aspirations/La Asociacion de Aspiraciones del Gorge
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
Andrea León-Grossmann
Vote Solar
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Jacob Bernal
American Rivers
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
Walt Walker
TYLin
Ehab Meselhe
Tulane University
Tiffany Sevilla
Greenprint Partners
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Alai Reyes-Santos
University of Oregon
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
Rachele Lopez
Justice Outside
Ngodoo Atume
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Charming Evelyn
OceanWell Water
Pita Juarez
Comms Consultant
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Chakena Sims
NRDC
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Ashwin Dhanasekar
Brown and Caldwell
Quentin Stubbs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Breanna Gonzalez
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Charles Cassagnol
Western Ecology, LLC
Portia Shepherd
www.blackbeltwomenrising.org
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Jessica Dandridge-Smith
The Water Collaborative
Olga Cano
HUD
Arsum Pathak
National Wildlife Federation
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Patricia Lindsay-Harvey
Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority
Nicole Chavas
Greenprint Partners
Thea Louis
MSC Industrial Supply Co.
Nadine Robertson
Veolia North America
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
Paula Buchanan
National Center for Domestic Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School
Alex Ortiz
Austin Water and Wastewater Commission
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Monica Driggers
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
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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.
Read the joint statement by Color of Water members on the importance of equity in the water world.
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