Color Of Water

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

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Paula Buchanan

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

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Olga Cano

HUD

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Afia Zakiya

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

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Roland Jones

CIS

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Esteban Ortiz

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

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Benu Amun Ra

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

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Aria Harris

TYLin

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Talia London

The Common Acre

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Victor Galvan

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

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

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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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