Color Of Water

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

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Esteban Ortiz

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

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Roland Jones

CIS

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Olga Cano

HUD

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Aria Harris

TYLin

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Benu Amun Ra

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

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Victor Galvan

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

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Talia London

The Common Acre

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Walt Walker

TYLin

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

shama perveen

Ceres

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Afia Zakiya

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

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Paula Buchanan

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

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

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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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