Color Of Water

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

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Benu Amun Ra

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

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Talia London

The Common Acre

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Aria Harris

TYLin

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Walt Walker

TYLin

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Esteban Ortiz

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

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Afia Zakiya

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

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Roland Jones

CIS

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Victor Galvan

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

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Paula Buchanan

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

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Andrea León-Grossmann

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Olga Cano

HUD

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

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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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