Color Of Water

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

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Aria Harris

TYLin

Esteban Ortiz

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

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Moises Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Walt Walker

TYLin

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Talia London

The Common Acre

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Olga Cano

HUD

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Benu Amun Ra

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

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Roland Jones

CIS

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Victor Galvan

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

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Paula Buchanan

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

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Afia Zakiya

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

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

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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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