Color Of Water

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

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Paula Buchanan

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

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Roland Jones

CIS

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Esteban Ortiz

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

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Victor Galvan

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

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Olga Cano

HUD

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Afia Zakiya

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

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Walt Walker

TYLin

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Benu Amun Ra

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

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Talia London

The Common Acre

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Aria Harris

TYLin

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture 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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