Color Of Water

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

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Andrea León-Grossmann

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Esteban Ortiz

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

Afia Zakiya

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

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Roland Jones

CIS

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Paula Buchanan

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

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Walt Walker

TYLin

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Benu Amun Ra

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

Talia London

The Common Acre

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Aria Harris

TYLin

Olga Cano

HUD

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Victor Galvan

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

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

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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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