#GullahGeechee De Conch Wata Edition
De Conch da de official ezine of de #GullahGeechee Nation! Ef bout we hunnuh wan kno den yeddi de conch da blo!
This special edition of the international ezine, De Conch features highlights regarding the Gullah/Geechee Nation‘s efforts to protect their waterways as well as details on the coming events. Check it out at https://issuu.com/gullahgeecheenation/docs/de_conch_2019_wata_edition
This edition focuses on the numerous efforts to protect the Gullah/Geechee Nation‘s coast from various threats including pollutants and negative impacts of climate change as Queen Quet addressed before the Pollutant Response in Marine Organisms (PRIMO) during their annual conference:
It also provides a call for action by asking all supporters of the Gullah/Geechee Nation to send in letters of opposition before July 1st via this link to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) in order to prevent them from issuing a permit for seismic gun testing along the South Carolina area of the Gullah/Geechee Nation‘s coast:
https://epermweb.dhec.sc.gov/ncore/external/publicnotice/info/-4459109729605649259/comments
Hep de Gullah/Geechee tek a stand fa de wata and de land!
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