Color Of Water

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

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Andrea León-Grossmann

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Walt Walker

TYLin

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Victor Galvan

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

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Afia Zakiya

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

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Aria Harris

TYLin

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Paula Buchanan

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

Olga Cano

HUD

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Benu Amun Ra

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

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Roland Jones

CIS

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Esteban Ortiz

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

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Talia London

The Common Acre

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

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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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