Color Of Water

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

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Victor Galvan

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

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Benu Amun Ra

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

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Esteban Ortiz

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

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Paula Buchanan

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

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Aria Harris

TYLin

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Olga Cano

HUD

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Talia London

The Common Acre

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Walt Walker

TYLin

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Roland Jones

CIS

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Afia Zakiya

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

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Andrea León-Grossmann

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

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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