Ambassadors

Ambassadors

Ambassadors

Ambassadors

Leaders from the Delta leading the story of the Delta

  • Executive board, Mississippi Early Childhood Association

  • Photojournalist and Community Engagement, StoryWorks Theater

  • Freelance Photographer, Documentarian, MSDFA Instructor

  • Board Member, Griot Arts Inc

  • Former Head of the Tutwiler quilters, current business owner.

  • Actor, StoryWorks Theater; Fashion Designer 

  • Owner, CDRY Touring; Community Impact Associate, Save the Children

  • Minister, Community Orator

  • Owner, Young Family Farms

FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS

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FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS •

In addition to their participation in our cohort, each of the Ambassadors runs or works with organizations in the community that are important parts of life in the Delta and the work that they do.  Please find more information about each of these organizations below, as well as organizations featured in our videos. 

Mississippi Delta Film Academy

Featured in films with RJ Fitzpatrick and Ms. Jesse Jaynes-Diming

Emmett Till Interpretive Center’s Mississippi Delta Film Academy is a two-week program led by Dr. Davis Houck and Dr. Pablo Correa for highly motivated high school students from the Mississippi Delta. The Film Academy empowers these students to shoot, produce, and edit their own high-quality documentary film.

CDRY Touring and Cab Service

Owned and founded by Ambassador Cassandra Wilson

CDRY touring provides interpretive taxi cab tours of the Mississippi Delta region, led by Ambassador Cassandra Wilson. The company is based out of Clarksdale, but serves the wider Delta region for transportation needs and historical interpretation.

Hydro Productions Company

Founded and run by Ambassador RJ Fitzpatrick

Hydro Productions was founded in 2015 by RJ Fitzpatrick. Fitz strives for transparency in his company by working hands-on with the crew on all projects. Hydro Productions Specializes in photography, documentary filmmaking, feature films, and all digital media.

Storyworks Theater Company

Ambassadors program Collaborator

StoryWorks Theater is a documentary theater company based in Clarksdale, MS that works at the crossroads of investigative journalism and community-centered free public art.

“These stories are the power. These stories shape our lives.”

— JESSE JAYNES-DIMING

Director, Emmett Till Interpretive Center