Color Of Water

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

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Paula Buchanan

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

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Roland Jones

CIS

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Victor Galvan

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

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Benu Amun Ra

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

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Walt Walker

TYLin

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Andrea León-Grossmann

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Olga Cano

HUD

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Aria Harris

TYLin

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Afia Zakiya

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

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Esteban Ortiz

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

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Talia London

The Common Acre

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Bleu Adams

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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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