Color Of Water

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

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Roland Jones

CIS

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Benu Amun Ra

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

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Esteban Ortiz

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

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Olga Cano

HUD

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Victor Galvan

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

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Afia Zakiya

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

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Aria Harris

TYLin

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Guadalupe F

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Paula Buchanan

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

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Talia London

The Common Acre

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

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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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