Color Of Water

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

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Talia London

The Common Acre

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Chakena Sims

NRDC

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Afia Zakiya

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

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

shama perveen

Ceres

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Benu Amun Ra

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

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Paula Buchanan

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

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Roland Jones

CIS

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Walt Walker

TYLin

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Victor Galvan

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

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Esteban Ortiz

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

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Aria Harris

TYLin

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Olga Cano

HUD

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

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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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