Color Of Water

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

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Benu Amun Ra

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

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Talia London

The Common Acre

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Guadalupe F

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Paula Buchanan

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

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Afia Zakiya

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

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Walt Walker

TYLin

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Aria Harris

TYLin

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Esteban Ortiz

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

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Olga Cano

HUD

Victor Galvan

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

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Roland Jones

CIS

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

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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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