Category Archives: Queen Quet
De Gullah/Geechee Nation’s Queen Quet Announces 30th Anniversary “Save the Sea Islands Tour”
Queen Quet, Chieftess and Head-of-State of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, officially announces her 30th Anniversary “Save the Sea Islands Tour,” a multicity initiative celebrating Gullah/Geechee heritage and advancing the mission of land preservation, cultural continuity, and community empowerment. The tour, themed “Hunnuh Mus Tek Cyare de Root fa Heal de Tree — Celebrating Gullah/Geechee Land & Legacy,” underscores the enduring wisdom that community restoration and sustainability begin with caring for the roots of our culture and heritage.
Gullah/Geechee Nation Celebrates Black History Month
In the Gullah/Geechee Nation, celebrating sustained identity and land ownership happens 365 days of the year. So, the Gullah/Geechee Nation is actively engaged in Black History Month celebrations and will host numerous events throughout the coast. Cum fa jayn we!
HEADS UP! Protect Gullah/Geechee Sacred Burial Areas!
HEADS UP Gullah/Geechee Nation Famlee! STAND UP on Tuesday and protect our sacred Gullah/Geechee burial areas!
Join us at the BIg House Cemetery Court Hearing
on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at 9:30 am at
the Beaufort County Courthouse
102 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, SC 29902
Room 208
Tenk GAWD! St. Helena’s Gullah/Geechee Cultural Protection Overlay District Upheld AGAIN!
Tenk GAWD fa de @protectsthelena Fam ya! The majority of the Beaufort County Council members voted to uphold their original votes from September 22, 2025 (6-4) which upholds the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Protection Overlay District (CPO) law for historic St. Helena Island, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation!
HEADS UP! Help Protect Gullah/Geechee Epicenter St. Helena Island ONCE AGAIN!
Join us Monday, December 8th before 6 pm at the Beaufort County Council Meeting at 100 Ribaut Road in Beaufort, SC to make sure that the Beaufort County Council continues to uphold their vote to protect the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Protection Overlay District of St. Helena Island, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation! We binya! We ain gwne nowhey!
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, Honored with “Excellence in Education Award” by Planting People Growing Justice
Queen Quet, Chieftess and Head-of-State of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, has been awarded the prestigious “Excellence in Education Award” by Planting People Growing Justice, the leadership and literacy initiative founded and led by Dr. Artika R. Tyner. The recognition celebrates her decades-long commitment to education, literacy, and cultural empowerment across the Gullah/Geechee Nation and beyond.
Envisioning Gullah/Geechee Peace and Sea Island Serenity
I thought about how I was getting dressed to go to my mom’s to tell her that there was going to be a prayer vigil in Beaufort that I was going to go to that evening and I wanted to make sure she would be ready to go too. She was ready the moment I said, I was going to pray. As I talked to her, I realized that where we planned to go was actually the same lot where Junior and I had stood and talked! I looked up and I smiled. I could see his face as he smiled. I could hear his voice again saying, “Cuz, I’m still fishing.”
The Bluffton Gullah Cultural Heritage Center is proud to host a landmark cultural event on Friday, October 10, 2025, at 6:00 PM: “An Evening of Gullah/Geechee Heritage & Healing”, celebrating the release of Queen Quet’s latest books and a new collection of indigo art. This event will be part of the “Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Awareness Month” celebration. Queen Quet will lead a healing circle of reconnection to welcome everyone into the space.
Gullah/Geechee Ancestral Voices Speak to Protect St. Helena Island from Destructionment
For three years running, the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, our attorneys from the South Carolina Environmental Law Center, the Coastal Conservation League, Penn Center and a cadre of additional partners have continued to stand up to Protect St. Helena Island. This year, two of our fighters that understood that we are warring against spiritual wickedness in high and low places crossed over in the realm of the ancestors. The first one that made his crossing was Rev. Kenneth Hodges of the “Gullah/Geechee Visitors Center” who pastored Tabernacle Baptist Church in Beaufort, SC where we unveiled the Harriet Tubman Monument. We stood together many times on each of these things and in each of these places. His words live on as he speaks from the grave concerning the St. Helena Island Cultural Protection Overlay District…