Color Of Water

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

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Benu Amun Ra

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

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Roland Jones

CIS

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Andrea León-Grossmann

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Esteban Ortiz

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

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Victor Galvan

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

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Talia London

The Common Acre

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Walt Walker

TYLin

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Aria Harris

TYLin

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Paula Buchanan

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

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Afia Zakiya

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

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Olga Cano

HUD

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

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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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