Color Of Water

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

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Shama Perveen

CERES

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Aria Harris

TYLin

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Paula Buchanan

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

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Afia Zakiya

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

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Walt Walker

TYLin

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Talia London

The Common Acre

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Olga Cano

HUD

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Victor Galvan

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

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Benu Amun Ra

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

Roland Jones

CIS

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Esteban Ortiz

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

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

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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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