Color Of Water

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

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Talia London

The Common Acre

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Walt Walker

TYLin

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Afia Zakiya

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

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Aria Harris

TYLin

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Esteban Ortiz

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

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Andrea León-Grossmann

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Victor Galvan

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

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Olga Cano

HUD

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Roland Jones

CIS

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Benu Amun Ra

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

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Paula Buchanan

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

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

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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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