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