Color Of Water

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

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Afia Zakiya

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

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Roland Jones

CIS

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Talia London

The Common Acre

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Esteban Ortiz

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

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Guadalupe F

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Walt Walker

TYLin

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Olga Cano

HUD

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Benu Amun Ra

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

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Aria Harris

TYLin

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Paula Buchanan

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

Victor Galvan

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

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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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