Color Of Water

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

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Esteban Ortiz

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

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Analise Rivero

California Trout

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Afia Zakiya

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

Olga Cano

HUD

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Aria Harris

TYLin

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Walt Walker

TYLin

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Roland Jones

CIS

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Paula Buchanan

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

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Victor Galvan

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

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Talia London

The Common Acre

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Benu Amun Ra

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

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

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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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