Color Of Water

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

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Roland Jones

CIS

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Victor Galvan

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

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Paula Buchanan

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

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Talia London

The Common Acre

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Afia Zakiya

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

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Walt Walker

TYLin

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Esteban Ortiz

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

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Aria Harris

TYLin

Benu Amun Ra

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

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Andrea León-Grossmann

Olga Cano

HUD

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

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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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