Color Of Water

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

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Esteban Ortiz

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

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Talia London

The Common Acre

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Afia Zakiya

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

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Victor Galvan

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

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Aria Harris

TYLin

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Roland Jones

CIS

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Andrea León-Grossmann

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Paula Buchanan

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

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Olga Cano

HUD

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Benu Amun Ra

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

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Walt Walker

TYLin

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

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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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