Color Of Water
Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Andrian Lee
BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC
Tanasia Swift
Billion Oyster Project
Newsha Ajami
Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Adriana Renteria
State Water Board
Alastair Bitsóí
Near the Water Media & Communications Group
Lenise Marrero
Brown and Caldwell
Marccus Hendricks
University of Maryland - College Park
Pedro Hernandez
GreenLatinos
Talia London
The Common Acre
Kabir Thatte
The Vessel Collective
Martin Griffin
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Jahan Taganova
City and County of Denver
Daniel Cordalis
Native American Rights Fund
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš
Azul
Oday Salim
University of Michigan Law School
Sanjiv Sinha
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
NWF/Clean Water for All
Sapna Mulki
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Briana Muñoz
Pacific Coast Carbon LLC
Tiffany Sevilla
Greenprint Partners
Victor Galvan
Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience
Sidney Opiyo
University of California, Santa Cruz
Newsha Ajami
Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Cheyenne Holliday
Verde
Marc Oliver Quijano
Jacobs
Olga Cano
HUD
Cyatharine Alias
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Ashwin Dhanasekar
Brown and Caldwell
Ciara Horne
SBG Digital
Fernando Ramirez
Bridges 2023 International
Nataly Escobedo Garcia
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
José M. Rodríguez-Flores
California State University, Monterey Bay
Arohi Sharma
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Cathie Chavez-Morris
Equidad Group
Alex Ortiz
Austin Water and Wastewater Commission
Ehab Meselhe
Tulane University
Pallavi Bharadwaj
SEG
Benu Amun Ra
S.A.C.R.Ed Eco-Center
Julia Fay Bernal
Pueblo Action Alliance
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Allensworth Progressive Association
Ayako Tischler
Xylem
Jasmine Walker
Ohio Environmental Council
Walt Walker
TYLin
Paula Buchanan
National Center for Domestic Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Susana De Anda
Community Water Center
Alai Reyes-Santos
University of Oregon
Keiko Wilkins
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jeremy Orr
Earthjustice
Usman Mahmood
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Nathaniel I Kollie
University of California Santa Cruz
Tony Bridges
The Maryland General Assembly
Carolan Sonderegger
For Love of Water
Michael Méndez
UC Irvine
Ngodoo Atume
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Ean Tafoya
GreenLatinos
Quentin Stubbs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Joy Banner
The Descendants Project
André Sanchez
California Wilderness Coalition
Thea Louis
MSC Industrial Supply Co.
Crystal Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
Xochitl Bervera
Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters
Analise Rivero
California Trout
Monica Driggers
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Khalid Osman
Stanford University
Esteban Ortiz
The Gorge Association of Aspirations/La Asociacion de Aspiraciones del Gorge
Rhysea Agrawal
The Xylom
Carlos Calderon
West Michigan Environmental Action Council
Charles Cassagnol
Western Ecology, LLC
Portia Shepherd
Blackbelt Women Rising
Diana Piña Yitbarek
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Veronica Garibay
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Joaquin Esquivel
California State Water Resources Control Board
Sarah Traore
The University of Texas at Austin
Sydney Garcia
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz
Greenroots Institute
Nicole Nelson
Equity Legal Services, Inc
Jaiden Willeto
Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop
Nahal G. Ipakchi
BluePoint Planning
Charming Evelyn
OceanWell Water
Rene Henery
Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno
Maria Elena Kennedy
Kennedy Communications, Inc
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Lucero Sanchez
San Diego Coastkeeper
Beth Roach
Sierra Club
Danielle Rivera
University of California Berkeley
Temiloluwa Akinyemi
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Afia Zakiya
Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
Val Schull
GreenLatinos
Direlle Calica
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)
Chauncey Foster
we.grow.eco
Dira Johanif
Charles River Climate Compact
Jo Banner
The Descendants Project
Felice Green
Milwaukee Water Commons
Angela M Chalk
Healthy Community Resources Services
Priscila Alves
University of Maryland
Nieves Vazquez
Water For People
Mallika Nocco
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Patricia Lindsay-Harvey
Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority
Jessica Thrasher
Colorado State University
Kimbaya Carriere
Nuxalk First Nation
Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George
Ferris Institute
Vinicius Taguchi
North Carolina State University
Vicky Espinoza
CaliWaterAg
Aria Harris
TYLin
Nadine Robertson
Veolia North America
Harshini Ratnayaka
Save the Dunes
Nasim Pica
WSP in the U.S.
Huda Alkaff
Wisconsin Green Muslims
Bre’Shaun Reddick
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Ed Marin
Louisville Water
Alondra Hernandez-Bose
WEAT
Ruthie Redmond
UC Berkeley
Maisah Khan
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation
Parsa Saffarinia
University of California, Davis
Alyssa Senturk
California Water Data Consortium
Chriscilia Cox
SUMA Consulting LLC
Breanna Gonzalez
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Damian Shapes Padilla
Spirit Rock Consulting
Emma Robbins
The Chapter House
Cindy Donis
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Julian Gonzalez
Earthjustice
Arsum Pathak
National Wildlife Federation
Angela Guyadeen
NRDC
Sandi Matsumoto
The Nature Conservancy
Cate Caldwell
Illinois Environmental Council
Billie Li
Wright-Pierce
Olga Morales Pate
Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated
Oluwole (OJ) McFoy
Houston Public Works
Elizabeth Ruiz
CA State Water Resources Control Board
Rachele Lopez
Justice Outside
Frank Ruiz
The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz
Gia Moreno
Hood Community Council
Angela Mooney D’Arcy
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Andrea León-Grossmann
Vote Solar
Shandin Pete
University of British Columbia
Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Rhea Drozdenko
Connecticut River Conservancy
Kedar Dabhadkar
Lam Research
Cheyanne Harris
Brown and Caldwell
Nicole Chavas
Greenprint Partners
Emily Warren Armitano
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Ani Jayakaran
Washington State University
Jahan Taganova
City and County of Denver
Jessica Dandridge-Smith
The Water Collaborative
Nikki Tulley
University of Arizona
Carlos Moran
Northeast Trees
Tanner Yess
Groundwork USA
Jazmin Ricks
University of Pennsylvania
Daniela Sherrill
ASU / AZ Water for All
Sri Vedachalam
Cisolutions
Chakena Sims
NRDC
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Groundwork USA
Rob Larson
Grand Valley State University
Pablo Ortiz
Union of Concerned Scientists
Sonali Abraham
Pacific Institute
Jacob Bernal
American Rivers
Brenda Coley
Milwaukee Water Commons
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
Shama Perveen
Ceres
Roland Jones
CIS
Heather Tanana
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Nureen Faiza Anisha
Oregon State University
Allen Townsend
World Wildlife Fund
Pita Juarez
Comms Consultant
Nusrat Molla
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University
Crystal Sanders-Alvarado
Seaworthy
Bleu Adams
IndigeHub
Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes
GreenLatinos
Chakena Sims
NRDC
Bridget Ray
Washington State Department of Commerce
Gabe Vasquez
US Congress
Maritza Mendoza
Empower DC
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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.
Read the joint statement by Color of Water members on the importance of equity in the water world.
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Environmental justice raised over data centers targeting rural NM – KRWG Public Media
GreenLatinos believes states should approach regulation of artificial intelligence data centers from a mindset of community protection and adopt a high bar for regulation. [from

'Bringing these worlds together' – Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
[from Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability]
