Color Of Water

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

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Talia London

The Common Acre

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Walt Walker

TYLin

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Afia Zakiya

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

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Esteban Ortiz

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

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Benu Amun Ra

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

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Paula Buchanan

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

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Andrea León-Grossmann

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Roland Jones

CIS

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Aria Harris

TYLin

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Olga Cano

HUD

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Victor Galvan

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

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

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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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