Color Of Water

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

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Walt Walker

TYLin

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Afia Zakiya

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

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Esteban Ortiz

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

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Aria Harris

TYLin

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Andrea León-Grossmann

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Victor Galvan

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

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Benu Amun Ra

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

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Olga Cano

HUD

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Paula Buchanan

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

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Talia London

The Common Acre

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Roland Jones

CIS

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

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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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