Color Of Water

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

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Olga Cano

HUD

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Afia Zakiya

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

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Talia London

The Common Acre

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Aria Harris

TYLin

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Paula Buchanan

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

Victor Galvan

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

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Roland Jones

CIS

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Benu Amun Ra

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

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Esteban Ortiz

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

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Walt Walker

TYLin

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

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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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