Color Of Water

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

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Aria Harris

TYLin

Esteban Ortiz

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

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Roland Jones

CIS

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Olga Cano

HUD

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Walt Walker

TYLin

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Benu Amun Ra

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

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Paula Buchanan

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

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Talia London

The Common Acre

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Afia Zakiya

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

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Victor Galvan

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

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

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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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