Color Of Water

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

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Roland Jones

CIS

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Esteban Ortiz

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

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Paula Buchanan

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

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Andrea León-Grossmann

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Benu Amun Ra

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

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Victor Galvan

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

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Aria Harris

TYLin

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Afia Zakiya

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

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Walt Walker

TYLin

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Olga Cano

HUD

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Talia London

The Common Acre

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

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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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