Color Of Water

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

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Esteban Ortiz

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

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Paula Buchanan

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

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Walt Walker

TYLin

Afia Zakiya

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

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Olga Cano

HUD

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Aria Harris

TYLin

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Victor Galvan

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

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Moises Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Benu Amun Ra

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

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Roland Jones

CIS

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Talia London

The Common Acre

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

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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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