Color Of Water

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

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Benu Amun Ra

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

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Walt Walker

TYLin

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Roland Jones

CIS

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Paula Buchanan

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

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Olga Cano

HUD

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Afia Zakiya

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

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Esteban Ortiz

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

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Victor Galvan

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

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Aria Harris

TYLin

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Talia London

The Common Acre

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

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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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