Color Of Water

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

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Afia Zakiya

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

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Victor Galvan

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

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Andrea León-Grossmann

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Benu Amun Ra

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

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Paula Buchanan

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

Roland Jones

CIS

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Talia London

The Common Acre

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Walt Walker

TYLin

Aria Harris

TYLin

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Esteban Ortiz

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

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Olga Cano

HUD

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

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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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