Tag Archives: James Island
Saving de Gullah/Geechee Witness Tree at Sol Legare
The center of the Gullah/Geechee Nation’s flag is embossed with a Gullah/Geechee family tree that consist of human bodies that are intertwined and rooted in the soil of the Sea Islands. The oak tree is a powerful symbol within Gullah/Geechee culture—mirroring the sacred tree rooted at the very center of the Gullah/Geechee Nation’s national flag. Protecting it represents a refusal to allow the physical markers of our heritage to be erased. “Save James Island” folks have made it clear: “You can’t replant history.” The historic live oak tree at Sol Legare cannot simply be replanted either. It is truly a witness to what our ancestors of Sol Legare went through and now it is a witness to the encroaching destructionment no longer in the distance across the creek from Mosquito Beach but right under its own branches. However, like native Gullah/Geechees, webe de tree planted by de rivers of wata. We shall not be moved!
Stop I-526 Extension from Destroying the Gullah/Geechee Nation!
The Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition has stood in opposition to the expansion of I-526 onto the Sea Islands of Charleston County, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation for close to a decade! We have successfully opposed this in a myriad of ways along with others that do all that we can to #Nix526! We are calling on you to send in letters from around the world to help us stop this destructionment project! Write in and tell them to choose “NO BUILD!” Protect the Gullah/Geechee Nation’s Sea Islands!
James Island, SC @GullahGeechee Resolves to Take #ClimateAction!
Due to the efforts of Climate Reality of Charleston tonight, December 17, 2020, the James Island Town Council in Charleston County, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation unanimously voted in favor of taking #climateaction!
Gullah/Geechee Souls and Sea Island Cotton
just as the stock market does, I value Sea Island cotton. I value it because of the blood, sweat, and tears that helped nourish it at its roots here in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.
Gullah/Geechee Nation Cultural Celebrations Promoting Food Security and Food Safety
October is a month filled with celebrations in the Gullah/Geechee Nation beginning with Moja in downtown Charleston. This year, the Gullah/Geechee Nation is engaging in the celebrations with an educational benefit to all the people surrounding food security and food safety in their area. It all begins Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 5 pm …
Thomas Johnson Park Dedication on James Island, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation
Westchester Park on James Island, SC was renamed for Thomas Johnson on Saturday, June 30, 2012. Thomas Johnson was a dedicated and diligent community worker throughout his years of residency on this historic island in the Gullah/Geechee Nation. He was a leader in the effort to insure that McLeod Plantation would be preserved in …