Color Of Water

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

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Paula Buchanan

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

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Esteban Ortiz

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

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Talia London

The Common Acre

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Victor Galvan

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

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Afia Zakiya

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

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Roland Jones

CIS

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Shama Perveen

CERES

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Aria Harris

TYLin

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Olga Cano

HUD

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Benu Amun Ra

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

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

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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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