Color Of Water

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

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Aria Harris

TYLin

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Roland Jones

CIS

Olga Cano

HUD

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Victor Galvan

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

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Benu Amun Ra

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

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Paula Buchanan

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

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Walt Walker

TYLin

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Afia Zakiya

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

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Esteban Ortiz

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

Talia London

The Common Acre

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

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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