Color Of Water

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

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Olga Cano

HUD

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Talia London

The Common Acre

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Walt Walker

TYLin

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Aria Harris

TYLin

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Benu Amun Ra

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

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Victor Galvan

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

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Esteban Ortiz

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

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Roland Jones

CIS

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Afia Zakiya

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

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Paula Buchanan

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

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Guadalupe F

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

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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