Color Of Water

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

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Esteban Ortiz

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

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Paula Buchanan

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

Benu Amun Ra

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

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Walt Walker

TYLin

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Roland Jones

CIS

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Talia London

The Common Acre

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Olga Cano

HUD

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Afia Zakiya

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

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Victor Galvan

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

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Shama Perveen

CERES

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Analise Rivero

California Trout

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Aria Harris

TYLin

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

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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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