Color Of Water

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

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Paula Buchanan

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

Talia London

The Common Acre

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Roland Jones

CIS

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Victor Galvan

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

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Shama Perveen

CERES

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Esteban Ortiz

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

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Benu Amun Ra

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

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Walt Walker

TYLin

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Olga Cano

HUD

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Afia Zakiya

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

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Aria Harris

TYLin

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

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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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