Color Of Water

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

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Talia London

The Common Acre

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Victor Galvan

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

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Esteban Ortiz

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

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Walt Walker

TYLin

Shama Perveen

CERES

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Paula Buchanan

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

Olga Cano

HUD

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Roland Jones

CIS

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Aria Harris

TYLin

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Afia Zakiya

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

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Benu Amun Ra

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

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

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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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