Color Of Water

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

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Aria Harris

TYLin

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Roland Jones

CIS

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Afia Zakiya

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

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Benu Amun Ra

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

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Talia London

The Common Acre

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Victor Galvan

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

Paula Buchanan

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

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Olga Cano

HUD

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Esteban Ortiz

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

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

shama perveen

Ceres

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

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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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