Color Of Water

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

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Walt Walker

TYLin

Benu Amun Ra

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

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Roland Jones

CIS

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Chakena Sims

NRDC

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Paula Buchanan

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

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Aria Harris

TYLin

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Victor Galvan

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

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Olga Cano

HUD

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Esteban Ortiz

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

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Talia London

The Common Acre

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Afia Zakiya

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

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

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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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