Color Of Water

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

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Andrea León-Grossmann

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Victor Galvan

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

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Talia London

The Common Acre

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Benu Amun Ra

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

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Paula Buchanan

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

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Olga Cano

HUD

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Aria Harris

TYLin

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Afia Zakiya

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

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Esteban Ortiz

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

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Roland Jones

CIS

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

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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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