Color Of Water

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

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Shama Perveen

CERES

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Paula Buchanan

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

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Olga Cano

HUD

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Victor Galvan

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

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Afia Zakiya

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

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Walt Walker

TYLin

Aria Harris

TYLin

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Esteban Ortiz

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

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Benu Amun Ra

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

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Roland Jones

CIS

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Talia London

The Common Acre

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

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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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