Color Of Water

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

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Aria Harris

TYLin

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Olga Cano

HUD

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Paula Buchanan

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

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Talia London

The Common Acre

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Esteban Ortiz

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

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Roland Jones

CIS

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Victor Galvan

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

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Benu Amun Ra

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

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Afia Zakiya

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

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

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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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