Monthly Archives: July, 2020
Gullah/Geechee Mind fa Freedum Screening and Discussion
Jayn de @GullahGeechee Famlee fa de lass ednin of @GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week 2020! Git hunnuh ticket fa de “Gullah/Geechee Mind fa Freedum” Part 1 documentary screenin and discussion. Queen Quet, Chieftess of de Gullah/Geechee Nation gwine crak e teet bout disya documentary series and de #GullahGeechee legacy!
#GullahGeechee2020
Queen Quet of the Gullah/Geechee Fighting to Keep Alive a Cultural and an Ecological Family
While the Gullah/Geechee Diaspora is broad, the Gullah/Geechee Nation is the political, cultural and spiritual home of the Gullah/Geechees today–and it faces an uncertain future due to overdevelopment, sea level rise, and worsening storms.
Queen Quet Marquetta L. Goodwine is Chieftess and Head of State for the Gullah/Geechee Nation and the Founder of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition. She has been working to keep Gullah/Geechee culture, language, and traditions alive while also fighting for human rights and self-determination for her people.
De @GullahGeechee een Nassau County: Reframing Who WEBE
It was on the shores of American Beach that the “Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Committee of Northeast Florida” held its first, “Worship by the Sea.” Since then, numerous cultural heritage activities have been hosted by the first organization to ever exist in the state of Florida bearing the name “Gullah/Geechee.”
Zooming in on Enfranchising de Gullah/Geechee
Tune in to Episode 10 of Zooming in on Sustainability as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) dialogues with Gullah/Geechee Assembly of Representatives members about “Enfranchising de Gullah/Geechee.” The show will broadcast live on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 3 pm during “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week.”
GOD is in the Grassroots
As an organizer of grassroots activism, I have witnessed how a grassroots movement gets something going and how those that do not want to do the hard work, sit safely away from the issue, but once they think that this issue is now one of financial benefit or media attention, they position themselves to walk in for the harvest. GOD repeated to me, “I am in the grassroots.”
Hilton Head Island, SC and De @GullahGeechee
As “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2020” approaches, the Town of Hilton Head Island, SC has once again proclaimed the week of celebration: Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) was also invited back to WHHI-TV to discuss the coming telethon, “Taking a Stand for Gullah/Geechee Land! #GullahGeechee2020” which will be held live virtually on …
A Letter to Kanye West from @GullahGeechee Queen Quet
Kanye West had no business to come to the Holy City in the Gullah/Geechee Nation to act unholy! E ain finish yeddi frum we @GullahGeechee!
Healin We @GullahGeechee from Roots to Rest
These women all held my hands in theirs and transferred energy that protected, healed, and uplifted simultaneously. Each of these hands had pronounced veins that seemed to mimic the roots of the herbs that they had gathered from beneath the well rooted trees in the wilderness of the islands along mountainsides. I reflected on our flat land of the Lowcountry and the journey into the woods and around the yards with my mother whose hands are like theirs and can touch that which can nourish you in a way that is unforgettable and sustaining.
GAWD dun smile pun disya ooman! Tenk GAWD fa de healin e bring!
Zooming in on Documenting Black History
Tune in to Episode 9 of “Zooming in on Sustainability” as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation speaks with filmmaker Christopher Everett about “Documenting Black History.” Everett created the documentary, “Wilmington on Fire” and is now working on Part II about the 1898 Wilmington Massacre.
Take a Stand fa @GullahGeechee Land! #GullahGeechee2020 Telethon
Please take the time to register here to obtain your FREE ticket for the Take a Stand for @GullahGeechee Land #GullahGeechee2020 Telethon:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/take-a-stand-for-gullahgeechee-land-gullahgeechee2020-virtually-telethon-tickets-113656626028