Color Of Water

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

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Esteban Ortiz

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

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Roland Jones

CIS

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Olga Cano

HUD

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Victor Galvan

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

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Aria Harris

TYLin

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Benu Amun Ra

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

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Andrea León-Grossmann

Talia London

The Common Acre

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Paula Buchanan

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

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Afia Zakiya

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

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Walt Walker

TYLin

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

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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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