Coastal Cultures Conference 2015: De Wata da We: Gullah/Geechee Sustainability

Gullah/Geechee Nation ♦ January 24, 2015 ♦ 2 Comments

The 2015 Coastal Cultures Conference: De Wata da We: Gullah/Geechee Sustainability will focus on the sustainability of Sea Island waterways and the Gullah/Geechee waterway traditions. Sessions will include seafood safety and human health, Gullah/Geechee traditional fishing methods and environmental impacts, oysters as a keystone of the environment, and spirituality, creativity, and the sea. The day will include a Gullah/Geechee fish fry and oyster reef restoration activities.

Cum fa jayn we and yeddi bout de wata and we!

Saturday, March 14, 2015 from 11 am to 5 pm

For registration go to

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/coastal-cultures-conference-2015-de-wata-da-we-gullahgeechee-sustainability-tickets-15483688128?aff=efbevent.

11-11:30 am Conference Check-In

11:30 am-Noon Welcome and Opening Libation by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation

Gullah/Geechee Lunch

Noon-1 pm Cultural Heritage and Climate Change by Queen Quet & Representative Glenda Simmons-Jenkins

1-1:30 pm Coastal Climate Change Impacts and Impacts on Tangible and Intangibles of Cultural Heritage by Erika Spanger-Siegfried of the Union of Concerned Scientists

1-2 pm Sustaining Gullah/Geechee Fishing Traditions & Human Health presentations by Dr. Jamelle Ellis of MUSC’s Department of Public Health Sciences and Jolvan Terez Morris, Ph. D. LMRCSC Postdoctoral Fellow at Savannah State University

2-2:15 pm Conserving Our Coast by Joy Brown of the Nature Conservancy

2:15-2:45 pm Gullah/Geechee Cast Net & Crab Trap Creation Demonstration by Captain Legree and Quintin Gayten of the Gullah/Geechee Fishing Association

2:45-3 pm Break

3-3:45 pm De Gullah/Geechee Community & Sustainability Cultural Collaboration Circle

4-4:45 pm Oyster Shell Bagging for Oyster Reef Rebuild (Bring something to change into or put on over your other clothes for this.)

For more information email GullGeeCo@aol.com or call (843) 838-1171.

Sponsored by the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, the Gullah/Geechee Angel Network,