Monthly Archives: April, 2015
Support the Gullah/Geechee Angel Network on Lowcountry Giving Day!
Please support the Gullah/Geechee Angel Network on Lowcountry Giving Day by donating whatever amount you can to our link on May 5th at http://www.lowcountrygivingday.org. All funds that we raise that day will be matched by the Coastal Community Foundation. Tenki tenki fa hep we Lift de Lowcountry!
Speaking Out to Save Beaufort County Libraries!
Tune in to hear the President of the “Friends of the Library” and Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation stand up and speak out to save the Beaufort County Libraries from budget cuts that are being proposed by the Beaufort County Council.
Queen Quet Week: A Blessed Gullah/Geechee Journey
Congressman Clyburn inscribed my copy of his book “Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black” with “To Queen Quet: You are a blessing to me and many others! Thanks!” I did not read it when he signed it. I read it beneath an oak tree outside before I departed. I felt a shout coming on!
De Gullah/Geechee and National Public Health Week
The Gullah/Geechee Sustainability Think Tank has been blessed to be able to convene a cadre of doctors that have been working within the Sea Islands of the Gullah/Geechee Nation on numerous environmental and human health studies. The outcomes of these studies and how the Gullah/Geechee population can be an active part of healing processes has become central to our interactions and our discussions. So, I felt blessed and impressed to emerge from another enlightening engagement with several of our MUSC community outreach partners to see a banner that indicated that it was “National Public Health Week.”
Queen Quet’s Journey from Human Rights Back to Gullah/Geechee Land
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) took the time to do an anniversary episode of “Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio” to detail her journey becoming the first Gullah/Geechee in world history to speak before the United Nations on behalf of Gullah/Geechees.
Walkin een ta who WEBE: A Gullah/Geechee Queen’s Journey
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
• Lao-Tzu
This quotation that has been heard and read around the world symbolizes the journey of the life mission that GOD placed me on. When I took the first step, I had no idea that I was even beginning a journey, I moved because GOD was ready. “Win GAWD git readee, hunnuh hafa moob!”
“Fearless Prayer” and the Gullah/Geechee: An Interview with Life Coach Sheronda L. Barksdale
Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio featured the new inspirational book, “Fearless Prayer” by Sheronda L. Barksdale. Sheronda L. Barksdale (http://www.sherondalbarksdale.com/) is an author, entrepreneur, life empowerment coach, and speaker. She specializes in spiritual and personal growth, stress management, time management, relationship coaching and motivation for teens and adult women.
De Conch Doubles Up for 2015!
De Conch Doubles Up for 2015! De Conch is the international ezine of the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Ef bout we hunnuh wan kno, den yeddi De Conch da blo!