Color Of Water

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

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Victor Galvan

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

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Afia Zakiya

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

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Esteban Ortiz

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

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Benu Amun Ra

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

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Talia London

The Common Acre

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Roland Jones

CIS

Andrea León-Grossmann

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Aria Harris

TYLin

Olga Cano

HUD

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Walt Walker

TYLin

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Paula Buchanan

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

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

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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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