Color Of Water

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

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Paula Buchanan

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

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Afia Zakiya

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

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Benu Amun Ra

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

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Victor Galvan

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

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Aria Harris

TYLin

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Olga Cano

HUD

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Walt Walker

TYLin

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Esteban Ortiz

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

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Talia London

The Common Acre

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Roland Jones

CIS

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

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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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