Color Of Water

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

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Talia London

The Common Acre

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Benu Amun Ra

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

Afia Zakiya

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

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Olga Cano

HUD

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Victor Galvan

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

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Walt Walker

TYLin

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Esteban Ortiz

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

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Paula Buchanan

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

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Roland Jones

CIS

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Aria Harris

TYLin

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Andrea León-Grossmann

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

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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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