Color Of Water

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

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Esteban Ortiz

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

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Walt Walker

TYLin

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Paula Buchanan

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

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Benu Amun Ra

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

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Roland Jones

CIS

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Victor Galvan

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

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Afia Zakiya

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

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Aria Harris

TYLin

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Olga Cano

HUD

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Talia London

The Common Acre

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

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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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