Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Maisah Khan
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Sarah Traore
The University of Texas at Austin
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Bridget Ray
Washington State Department of Commerce
Monica Driggers
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Ngodoo Atume
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Pita Juarez
Comms Consultant
Daniel Cordalis
Native American Rights Fund
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Chakena Perry
NRDC
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Cate Caldwell
Illinois Environmental Council
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Priscila B R Alves
University of Maryland
Ehab Meselhe
Tulane University
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
maritza mendoza
Empower DC
Jacob Bernal
American Rivers
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Olga Morales Pate
Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
Esteban Ortiz
The Gorge Association of Aspirations/La Asociacion de Aspiraciones del Gorge
Nicole Nelson
Equity Legal Services, Inc
Roland Jones
CIS
Arsum Pathak
National Wildlife Federation
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Cyatharine Alias
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Usman Mahmood
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Mallika Nocco
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Newsha Ajami
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Harshini Ratnayaka
Save the Dunes
Naveen Adusumilli
Louisiana State University
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
Alexis Roig
United Nations University
Nicole Chavas
Greenprint Partners
Carlos Moran
Northeast Trees
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Benu Amun Ra
S.A.C.R.Ed Eco-Center
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Talia London
The Common Acre
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
Jessica Dandridge-Smith
The Water Collaborative
Olga Cano
HUD
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
Tanasia Swift
Billion Oyster Project
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Sydney Garcia
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Alex Ortiz
Austin Water and Wastewater Commission
Allen Townsend
World Wildlife Fund
Carlos Calderon
West Michigan Environmental Action Council
Andrea León-Grossmann
Vote Solar
Nahal G. Ipakchi
BluePoint Planning
Angela M Chalk
Healthy Community Resources Services
Nusrat Molla
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Ciara Horne
SBG Digital
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Alai Reyes-Santos
University of Oregon
Oday Salim
University of Michigan Law School
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Rob Larson
Grand Valley State University
Kimbaya Carriere
Nuxalk First Nation
Alastair Bitsóí
Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President
Damian Shapes Padilla
Spirit Rock Consulting
Elizabeth Ruiz
CA State Water Resources Control Board
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Felice Green
Milwaukee Water Commons
Walt Walker
TYLin
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Charming Evelyn
OceanWell Water
Michael Méndez
UC Irvine
Nadine Robertson
Veolia North America
Shama Perveen
CERES
Charles Cassagnol
Western Ecology, LLC
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Marc Oliver Quijano
Jacobs
Tiffany Sevilla
Greenprint Partners
Rhysea Agrawal
The Xylom
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Temiloluwa Akinyemi
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Nasim Pica
WSP in the U.S.
Xochitl Bervera
Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Frank Ruiz
Audubon California
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Jo Banner
The Descendants Project
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Houston Public Works
Ruthie Redmond
UC Berkeley
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Quentin Stubbs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Joy Banner
The Descendants Project
Kedar Dabhadkar
Lam Research
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
Thea Louis
MSC Industrial Supply Co.
Vinicius Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Vicky Espinoza
CaliWaterAg
Breanna Gonzalez
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
Analise Rivero
California Trout
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
Fernando Ramirez
Bridges 2023 International
Jahan Taganova
City and County of Denver
Alondra Hernandez-Bose
WEAT
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Bre’Shaun Reddick
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Emma Robbins
Planet Woman
Carolan Sonderegger
For Love of Water
Chauncey Foster
we.grow.eco
Jasmine Walker
IMPACT Community Action
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Gabe Vasquez
US Congress
Vidya Balasubramanyam
Coastal States Organization
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Groundwork USA
Pallavi Bharadwaj
SEG
Angela Guyadeen
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Rhea Drozdenko
Connecticut River Conservancy
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado State University
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
Val Schull
GreenLatinos
Ayako Tischler
Moonshot Missions
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
Environmental Defense Fund
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Paula Buchanan
National Center for Domestic Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School
Kabir Thatte
The Vessel Collective
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
Nathaniel I Kollie
University of California Santa Cruz
Ashwin Dhanasekar
Brown and Caldwell
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Tanner Yess
Groundwork USA
Emily Warren Armitano
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Rachele Lopez
Justice Outside
Billie Li
Wright-Pierce
Sidney Opiyo
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz
Greenroots Institute
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability
Patricia Lindsay-Harvey
Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority
martin griffin
madison metropolitan sewerage district
Heather Tanana
University of California, Irvine
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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.
Read the joint statement by Color of Water members on the importance of equity in the water world.
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