Color Of Water

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

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Olga Cano

HUD

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Afia Zakiya

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

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Roland Jones

CIS

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Esteban Ortiz

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

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Walt Walker

TYLin

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Benu Amun Ra

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

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Victor Galvan

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

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Paula Buchanan

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

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Talia London

The Common Acre

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Shama Perveen

CERES

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Aria Harris

TYLin

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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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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