Color Of Water

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

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Aria Harris

TYLin

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Victor Galvan

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

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Afia Zakiya

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

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Olga Cano

HUD

Esteban Ortiz

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

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Paula Buchanan

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

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Benu Amun Ra

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

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Talia London

The Common Acre

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Walt Walker

TYLin

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Roland Jones

CIS

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

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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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