Color Of Water

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

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Talia London

The Common Acre

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Afia Zakiya

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

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Olga Cano

HUD

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Roland Jones

CIS

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Aria Harris

TYLin

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Walt Walker

TYLin

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Victor Galvan

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

Shama Perveen

CERES

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

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Empower DC

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Paula Buchanan

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

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Esteban Ortiz

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

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Analise Rivero

California Trout

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Benu Amun Ra

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

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

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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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