Color Of Water

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

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Victor Galvan

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

Talia London

The Common Acre

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Afia Zakiya

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

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Roland Jones

CIS

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Olga Cano

HUD

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Benu Amun Ra

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

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Esteban Ortiz

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

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Aria Harris

TYLin

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Paula Buchanan

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

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Susana De Anda

Community Water 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.


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