Color Of Water

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

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Afia Zakiya

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

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Benu Amun Ra

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

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Esteban Ortiz

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

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Victor Galvan

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

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Aria Harris

TYLin

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Roland Jones

CIS

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Paula Buchanan

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

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Talia London

The Common Acre

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Olga Cano

HUD

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

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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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