Queen Quet of Gullah/Geechee featured on Seven Scribes Radio

Gullah/Geechee Nation ♦ March 4, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment

If God is willing and the creek don’t rise. But what if it does?

Enjoy ‪#‎7on7‬ Season 1, where we discuss the environment and environmental justice! This season takes on pollution, climate change, crises like Hurricane Katrina, and policy decisions and explores how they threaten communities of color and marginalized communities.

Do you know who the Gullah/Geechee people are? This episode interviews Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation and Jacqui Patterson, Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. We discuss environmental injustices and rural areas, with a focus on the Gullah/Geechee people and climate change.

Jacqui Patterson of the NAACP and Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation continue to partner on environmental justice issues. They are specialists in community equity, collaboration, and engagement.

Tune een ya: http://www.spreaker.com/user/sevenonseven/s1e1-who-are-the-gullah-geechee-people-e