Color Of Water

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

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Victor Galvan

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

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Aria Harris

TYLin

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Paula Buchanan

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

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Esteban Ortiz

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

Roland Jones

CIS

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Talia London

The Common Acre

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Benu Amun Ra

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

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Olga Cano

HUD

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Afia Zakiya

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

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Walt Walker

TYLin

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

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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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