Color Of Water

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

Olga Cano

HUD

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Talia London

The Common Acre

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Benu Amun Ra

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

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Afia Zakiya

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

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Walt Walker

TYLin

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Aria Harris

TYLin

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Roland Jones

CIS

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Victor Galvan

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

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Esteban Ortiz

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

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Paula Buchanan

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

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

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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