Queen Quet and @GullahGeechee 2020 Headlines

Gullah/Geechee Nation ♦ December 30, 2020 ♦ Leave a comment

Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and Founder of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.GullahGeechee.net) celebrated 20 years as the Head of State, Queen Mother, and spokesperson for Gullah/Geechees during 2020. In spite of the pandemic, she continued to lead the nation and the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition in insuring the protection of the rights of her people. As a result, numerous news outlets captured the successful engagements that took place:

Queen Quet 2020 News

• Fordham Magazine
• https://news.fordham.edu/fordham-magazine/meet-queen-quet-chieftess-of-the-gullah-geechee-nation/
• https://news.fordham.edu/fordham-magazine/rising-temperatures-rising-concern/

Meet Queen Quet, Leader of the Gullah/Geechee Nation

• Patient Safety 

https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/queen-quet-interview/275

https://www.delcotimes.com/descendant-of-first-african-slaves-discusses-healthcare-disparities-in-patient-safety/article_e7cdeaf6-028e-5935-af55-17f745dc8bc8.html

• We the Women from Charleston Post & Courier

https://www.postandcourier.com/wethewomen/we-the-women-episode-10-queen-quet/article_5b6d6470-d820-11ea-89b8-273a5910f23d.html

• Gullah/Geechee Nation’s Queen Quet Joins US Representatives in Unveiling Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act via WSAV-TV

Gullah/Geechee Nation’s Queen Quet joins US representatives, leaders in unveiling Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act

• Queen Quet Religious Horse Cartoon

https://www.wtoc.com/2020/07/30/queen-quet-shares-folk-tale-religious-horse

• Queen Mother Celebrates 20 Years from WTOC-TV

https://www.wtoc.com/2020/07/13/gullah-geechee-queen-mother-celebrates-years

• De Wata Bring We: De Gullah/Geechee Journey in Charleston’s Choice 2020

https://www.postandcourier.com/chaschoice2020/de-wata-bring-we-de-gullah-geechee-journey/article_0a2656d4-dc09-11ea-b928-1fc8c2967bd2.html

• Gullah/Geechee Black History Living Legend Queen Quet Releases New Children’t Book from Charleston Chronicle

Gullah/Geechee Black History Living Legend Queen Quet Makes History Again with New Books

• Gullah/Geechee Nation Celebrates 20th Anniversary Amidst COVID-19 Concerns

https://www.wtoc.com/2020/07/13/gullah-geechee-nation-celebrates-th-anniversary-amidst-covid-concerns

• Juneteenth Celebrated by African American Farmers from Food & Environment Reporting Network 

• Queen Quet Winton Chair and Professor at UMN
• https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/ten-courses-will-blow-your-mind

• A Growing Culture’s Broadcast Celebrating Black Voices on Juneteenth

Watch: A Growing Culture’s Daylong Broadcast Celebrating Black Voices on Juneteenth

• The Environmental Racism Threatening South Carolina’s Black Communities

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/environmental-racism-threatening-south-carolina-080345165.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANo_Pkzbmx9xx3zUCz1fwIAXvwNFG_seI-crkkwQfk7YZPPSX_UT1peQb1r4P82QyLmBRKFPh3UVL1KzdzKVAdfDdA2aRGQGbhWV4RktHmpykw5CJmixNU_k_k341Uf9Ewi2GO2QUa9hFt8Xb8DkfALc8p1bP2Vc1x8ElxhvZaHx

• CariFest Virtual Lecture

Sir Henry Fraser leads the 2020 Carifest Virtual Summit in Celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month

• Tracking Down Gullah Eats

https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/story/your-guide-to-tracking-down-the-best-gullah-eats

• Bay Point

https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-oppose-barrier-island-development/article_55be0a52-93ba-11ea-bfa0-13bf99e5f64f.html

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2020/0313/Paradise-lost-Developer-sizes-up-S.C.-island-for-ecotourism

https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article240658441.html

Governor wants Zoning Board to deny Beaufort County ecotourism proposal

https://abcnews4.com/news/local/rep-cunningham-urges-beaufort-county-to-reject-bay-point-development

• Gullah artists from SC claim their culture from Charleston Post & Courier

https://www.postandcourier.com/columnists/long-part-of-american-culture-gullah-artists-from-sc-now-name-and-reclaim-their-heritage/article_a2f5c5dc-49d5-11ea-a08d-6ff5ab34811c.html

• Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2020

https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/story/gullah-geechee-appreciation-week-july-29-aug-5?oid=4125680

• Climate Change https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/climate-change-has-hit-beaufort-south-carolina-but-only-some-vote-on-the-issue/

• Ocean Conservancy Interview

Questions for Queen Quet

• World Oceans Month and the Flow of Justice

A World Ocean Month 2020 Reflection on the Flow of Justice

• NCSU Public History Students Working on Virtual Reality Project

Public History Students Spend Spring Break Working to Preserve a Culture That Could Soon Be Lost to Climate Change

• Preserving the Language, Land, and Heritage of the Gullah Geechee People

https://bthechange.com/preserving-the-language-land-and-heritage-of-the-gullah-geechee-people-75fef1a66599

• iHeart Climate: Flooding Survivors Story https://medium.com/i-heart-climate-voices/flood-activists-fight-to-save-communities-75e3a6e659e4

• Eco-Interviews featuring Queen Quet

https://eco-interviews.fireside.fm/16

Eco-Stories: Queen Quet of the Gullah/Geechee Nation