Color Of Water

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

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Paula Buchanan

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

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Esteban Ortiz

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

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Andrea León-Grossmann

Walt Walker

TYLin

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Benu Amun Ra

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

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Roland Jones

CIS

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Afia Zakiya

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

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Talia London

The Common Acre

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Aria Harris

TYLin

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Olga Cano

HUD

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Victor Galvan

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

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

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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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