Color Of Water

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

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Victor Galvan

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

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Aria Harris

TYLin

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Benu Amun Ra

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

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Talia London

The Common Acre

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Andrea León-Grossmann

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Olga Cano

HUD

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Paula Buchanan

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

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Walt Walker

TYLin

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Afia Zakiya

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

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Esteban Ortiz

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

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Roland Jones

CIS

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

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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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