Color Of Water

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

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Olga Cano

HUD

Esteban Ortiz

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

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Paula Buchanan

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

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Benu Amun Ra

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

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Roland Jones

CIS

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Aria Harris

TYLin

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Victor Galvan

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

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Walt Walker

TYLin

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Talia London

The Common Acre

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

shama perveen

Ceres

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Afia Zakiya

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

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

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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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