Color Of Water

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

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Walt Walker

TYLin

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Talia London

The Common Acre

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Olga Cano

HUD

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Aria Harris

TYLin

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Esteban Ortiz

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

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Paula Buchanan

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

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Afia Zakiya

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

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Benu Amun Ra

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

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Roland Jones

CIS

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Victor Galvan

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

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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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