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

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Paula Buchanan

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

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Benu Amun Ra

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

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Aria Harris

TYLin

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Roland Jones

CIS

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Walt Walker

TYLin

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Talia London

The Common Acre

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Olga Cano

HUD

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Afia Zakiya

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

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Victor Galvan

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

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Esteban Ortiz

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

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

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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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