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FellowElliot Ross
Elliot Ross
The Struggle Over America's Most Essential Resource by Elliot Ross

The Struggle Over America's Most Essential Resource by Elliot Ross

CCD Fellow Elliot Ross documented water inequity in the Southwest. The Diné, as Navajo people call themselves, use the least amount of water in the U.S. and pay the most. Meanwhile, eighty miles away in Washington County, Utah, residents pay less and consume more water than almost anywhere else in the country.

journalism
FellowRebecca Kiger
Rebecca Kiger
A Town Derailed by Rebecca Kiger

A Town Derailed by Rebecca Kiger

CCD Fellow Rebecca Kiger spent a year documenting the aftermath of the tragedy in East Palestine.

events
FellowWesaam Al-Badry
Wesaam Al-Badry
Dearborn Townhall
Date30 September, 2024
LocationSalina Intermediate School Dearborn

Dearborn Townhall

A town hall event hosted by the CCD, Fellow Wesaam Al-Badry, and the artist-run collective ForFreedoms, featuring Wesaam’s photographs of the community and shared personal stories.

events
FellowRebecca Kiger
Rebecca Kiger
DateMarch 26, 2024
LocationEast Palestine Memorial Public Library

A Year in East Palestine: A Photography Exhibition by Rebecca Kiger

A community event and exhibition hosted by CCD Fellow Rebecca Kiger

exhibitions
Billboards: Where Do We Go From Here

Billboards: Where Do We Go From Here

Billboard activation in collaboration with ForFreedoms. Photographs by CCD Fellows, Wesaam Al-Badry (Dearborn, Detroit, Flint), Rebecca Kiger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Christopher Morris (Miami, Florida), and Elliot Ross (Phoenix, Arizona).

journalism
FellowRyan Christopher Jones
Ryan Christopher Jones

The Otherworldly California Waterway That Keeps Exploding Into Politics

Over two summers, CCD Fellow Ryan Christopher Jones, explored the California Delta—a vast waterway located two hours south of his hometown in Fresno—to understand how water, and the lack of it, has shaped this crucial region that supplies water to California’s massive agricultural industry and its major cities.