Color Of Water

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

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Shama Perveen

CERES

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Talia London

The Common Acre

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Victor Galvan

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

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Esteban Ortiz

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

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Benu Amun Ra

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

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Paula Buchanan

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

Aria Harris

TYLin

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Roland Jones

CIS

Afia Zakiya

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

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Olga Cano

HUD

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Walt Walker

TYLin

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Analise Rivero

California Trout

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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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