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Healin de Wata and Healin We: Victory and Vision of the Gullah/Geechee
In 2024, the Gullah/Geechee Nation’s leaders advanced the Gullah/Geechee Nation Sustainability Plan by successfully and effectively focusing on various mechanisms by which to protect the waters surrounding the Sea Islands and running through the region. This included focusing on the Savannah River, the Port Royal Sound, the St. Helena Sound, Ribault River and the Salkehatchie Rivers as well as the Atlantic Ocean in particular.
Party with the Gullah/Geechee for the 25th Anniversary!
De Gullah/Geechee Nation gwine be 25 years old een 2025! Disya bless up fa tru! So, there will be numerous events each month to celebrate this historic time! Jayn we fa de partee ya!
Gullah/Geechee CREATE Showcase
Jayn we fa de Gullah/Geechee CREATE Artwork Showcase on historic St. Helena Island, SC on Satdee, February 1, 2025 frum Noon ta 2 pm! The artists reception will begin at Noon sharp and attendees will get to vote on the best of show!
Saving a Southern Treasure: Protect the Blake Plateau
The Blake Plateau is a cultural, spiritual, historical, and ecological treasure. It serves as the final leg of the Middle Passage, the seafaring route by which our ancestors—as enslaved West and Central Africans—were transported to America. It should be recognized as the ancestral graveyard of our enslaved relatives who did not survive its crossing.
Gullah/Geechee Agroculture & CREATE Day 2024
Jayn we fa “Gullah/Geechee Agroculture & Gullah/Geechee CREATE Day” pun historic St. Helena Island SC!
Queen Quet of the Gullah/Geechee Returns to the SC State Library
Join Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) as she returns to the South Carolina State Library in Columbia, SC on Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 11 am. Disya gwine be fa de chillun! Bring the entire family for story time and the book signing.
Gullah/Geechee Makes a Splash at Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2024!
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and Founder of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition has been engaged in CHOW for several years. She once again made a splash in Washington, DC on and off stage during CHOW Week 2024.
Celebrating de Gullah/Geechee and Healing de Land & Family
March is “Gullah/Geechee Volunteer Month” and “Women’s Herstory Month.” Those that are interested in celebrating both and participating in events that are centered on healing can join Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation on historic St. Helena Island, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation for “Gullah/Geechee CREATE Day” and again as she provides the keynote at the College of William & Mary in Virginia.
Celebrate Living Black History in the Gullah/Geechee Nation!
empowerment and land ownership of Gullah/Geechee citizens. We welcome the entire African Diaspora to come out and join us in doing so at these events that will be held during February 2024.
Jayn we fa Gullah/Geechee Volunteer Month!
Jayn we fa Gullah/Geechee Volunteert Month! De Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition will host a number of different volunteer activities throughout March 2024. Sign up fa jayn we pun de islands een de sea!