Color Of Water

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

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Aria Harris

TYLin

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Afia Zakiya

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

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Olga Cano

HUD

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Roland Jones

CIS

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Shama Perveen

CERES

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Victor Galvan

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

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Paula Buchanan

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

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Talia London

The Common Acre

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Benu Amun Ra

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

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Walt Walker

TYLin

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Esteban Ortiz

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

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

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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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