Color Of Water

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

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Esteban Ortiz

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

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Olga Cano

HUD

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Afia Zakiya

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

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Talia London

The Common Acre

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Roland Jones

CIS

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Walt Walker

TYLin

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Victor Galvan

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

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Paula Buchanan

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

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Shama Perveen

CERES

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Aria Harris

TYLin

Benu Amun Ra

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

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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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