Color Of Water

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

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Walt Walker

TYLin

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Aria Harris

TYLin

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Esteban Ortiz

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

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Victor Galvan

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

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Paula Buchanan

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

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Olga Cano

HUD

Afia Zakiya

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

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Talia London

The Common Acre

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Benu Amun Ra

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

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Roland Jones

CIS

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

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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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