Color Of Water

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

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Talia London

The Common Acre

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Olga Cano

HUD

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Walt Walker

TYLin

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Paula Buchanan

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

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Aria Harris

TYLin

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Andrea León-Grossmann

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Roland Jones

CIS

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Benu Amun Ra

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

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Afia Zakiya

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

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Victor Galvan

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

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Esteban Ortiz

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

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

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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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