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.


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