Color Of Water

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

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Talia London

The Common Acre

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Afia Zakiya

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

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Paula Buchanan

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

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Victor Galvan

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

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Aria Harris

TYLin

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Olga Cano

HUD

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Benu Amun Ra

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

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Esteban Ortiz

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

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Walt Walker

TYLin

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Roland Jones

CIS

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

shama perveen

Ceres

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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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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