Color Of Water

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

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Victor Galvan

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

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Afia Zakiya

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

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Benu Amun Ra

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

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Roland Jones

CIS

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Talia London

The Common Acre

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Olga Cano

HUD

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Walt Walker

TYLin

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Aria Harris

TYLin

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Esteban Ortiz

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

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Paula Buchanan

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

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Andrea León-Grossmann

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

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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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