Color Of Water

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

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Aria Harris

TYLin

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Esteban Ortiz

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

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Paula Buchanan

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

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Afia Zakiya

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

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Roland Jones

CIS

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Benu Amun Ra

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

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Olga Cano

HUD

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Victor Galvan

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

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Walt Walker

TYLin

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Talia London

The Common Acre

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

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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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