Color Of Water

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

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Shama Perveen

CERES

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Talia London

The Common Acre

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Olga Cano

HUD

Paula Buchanan

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

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Aria Harris

TYLin

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Benu Amun Ra

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

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Afia Zakiya

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

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Roland Jones

CIS

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Victor Galvan

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

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Esteban Ortiz

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

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

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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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