Color Of Water

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

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Victor Galvan

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

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Afia Zakiya

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

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Roland Jones

CIS

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Talia London

The Common Acre

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Paula Buchanan

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

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Olga Cano

HUD

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Walt Walker

TYLin

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Esteban Ortiz

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

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Aria Harris

TYLin

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Benu Amun Ra

S.A.C.R.Ed Eco-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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