Color Of Water

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

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Walt Walker

TYLin

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Afia Zakiya

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

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Roland Jones

CIS

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Olga Cano

HUD

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Benu Amun Ra

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

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Talia London

The Common Acre

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Aria Harris

TYLin

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Victor Galvan

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

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Esteban Ortiz

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

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Chakena Sims

NRDC

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Andrea León-Grossmann

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Paula Buchanan

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

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

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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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