Color Of Water

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

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Olga Cano

HUD

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Benu Amun Ra

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

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Talia London

The Common Acre

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Esteban Ortiz

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

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Aria Harris

TYLin

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Victor Galvan

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

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Afia Zakiya

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

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Paula Buchanan

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

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Roland Jones

CIS

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

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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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