Juneteenth Brings a Growing Culture to Stand for #GullahGeechee Land

Gullah/Geechee Nation ♦ June 20, 2020 ♦ 1 Comment

A Growing Culture sponsored a #Juneteenth virtual celebration which was launched with “A Drum Call for Justice” keynote address by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) in which Queen Quet called people to

Jump

Urgently

Spiritually

Truthfully

Into

Cultural

Empowerment

She not only pointed out how Gullah/Geechee culture is inextricably tied to land, but how viable land in the hands of indigenous groups such as the citizens of the Gullah/Geechee Nation have allowed them to be self-sufficient and self-sustaining. This is a model that other Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) groups are coming together to examine and implement in order to end food apartheid and gain food security and food sovereignty. Queen Quet, who is a member of the Directorate of the International Human Rights Association for American Minorities (IHRAAM), outlined how the United Nations has woven these topics into international human rights laws and treatises and discussed how the Gullah/Geechee Nation is focused on continuing to collaborate with global partners to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the conclusion of the International Decade of People of African Descent.

In regard to the UN SDGs, a great deal of work has been put into the water related goals especially via Ocean Actions since the waterways are not only where the Sea Islands of the Gullah/Geechee Nation are located, but also due to the fact that water quality and ocean health are directly related to the Gullah/Geechee fisheries that literally sustain the lives of native Gullah/Geechee families. Healthy waters mean healthy humans. In addition, this is a major part of Gullah/Geechee food security as Queen Quet mentioned in her keynote address on the “Hunger for Justice Broadcast:”

This Drum Call for Justice launched a series of activities that will continue the #GullahGeechee2020 celebration. The Gullah/Geechee Nation was established on July 2, 2000. So, as the 20th Anniversary approaches, the Gullah/Geechee Nation‘s leaders are calling on all citizens and supporters to help them reach two major goals:

1. Help stop another destructionment project from coming to the Sea Islands. They want to obtain 20,000 signatures on the “Stop the Destructionment at Bay Point Near St. Helena Island” petition by the end of June. Please sign here and share: http://chng.it/gcmmgqFq
2. Please donate to the Gullah/Geechee Land & Legacy Fund to help them reach $20,000 by July 2, 2020: https://www.gofundme.com/f/gullahgeechee-land-legacy-fund

Many amongst the thousands of people that tuned into the Juneteenth Drum Call for Justice donated to the campaign, signed the petition or sent contributions via CashApp to $GullahGeecheeNation and some did all of the above.

Queen Quet and leaders of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) will be live on the air on July 2, 2020 via “Zooming in on Sustainability” in celebration of #GullahGeechee2020. Make sure to follow www.GullahGeecheeNation.com, www.Facebook.com/GullahGeecheeWEBE, and @GullahGeechee on Twitter and Instagram to stay tuned in for that historic day and the many activities that they will announce which will lead up to “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2020.”

We gladdee a culcha da gro fa hep we stand fa #GullahGeechee land!