Color Of Water

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

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Aria Harris

TYLin

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Olga Cano

HUD

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Victor Galvan

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

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Benu Amun Ra

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

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Afia Zakiya

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

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Walt Walker

TYLin

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Paula Buchanan

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

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Roland Jones

CIS

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Esteban Ortiz

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

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Talia London

The Common Acre

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

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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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