Tag Archives: South Carolina

Gullah/Geechee Agroculture & CREATE Day 2024

Jayn we fa “Gullah/Geechee Agroculture & Gullah/Geechee CREATE Day” pun historic St. Helena Island SC!

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Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2024

Ef hunnuh waan kno de trut bout who webe, hunnuh hafa jayn dem who be Gullah/Geechee! Jayn we fa “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2024” fa “Gullah/Geechee Tekin a Stand and Healin de Land!”

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Gullah/Geechee Gal Forging a Life

Win mi staat shoutin pun de clay colored wid de blood of enslaved ancestas, mi cudda feel um dey dey da shout tuh. Hallelujah ta GAWD fa freedum! I felt ancestral souls freed from that place as I felt my soul feel free to be holistically and wholly Gullah/Geechee in Union, SC!

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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.

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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.

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Gullah/Geechee SEA & ME: Celebrating and Saving Coastal Legacy

The Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition has always centered its work on ensuring that Gullah/Geechee land would be in Gullah/Geechee hands for generations to come. When we first started our work over two decades ago, I didn’t realize how true “De wata bring we and de wata gwine tek we bak.” would be. However, it is due the water’s consistency that we have witnessed the erosion of our coastline and also the rising of new collaborations within the Gullah/Geechee Nation.

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Gullah/Geechee Holiday Celebration

Join the Gullah/Geechee Angel Network Family at the “Gullah/Geechee Holiday Celebration” from Noon to 3 pm on Saturday, December 9, 2023 at the Pure Theater in downtown Charleston, SC. Purchase authentic Gullah/Geechee items as gifts for family and friends and come enjoy the celebration with natives of the Gullah/Geechee Nation!

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Jayn de Gullah/Geechee at de 39th Annual Heritage Days Celebration!

Hunnuh chillun, bring friends and de famlee and jayn we pun historic St. Helena Island, SC November 9-11, 2023! The 39th Annual Heritage Days Celebration will take place at Penn Center, Inc. Come engage in the continuing stand for justice while being a part of one of the largest Black celebrations in the southeast.

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Gullah/Geechee Agroculture Day: Sustaining and Celebrating St. Helena!

Jayn we pun historic St. Helena Island fa Gullah/Geechee Agroculture Day 2023! Sustaining and Celebrating St. Helena! Cum jayn we and bring hunnuh Famlee! Saturday, October 28, 2023Noon to 3 pm Regista ya: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gullahgeechee-agroculture-day-sustaining-and-celebrating-st-helena-tickets-739759950927?aff=oddtdtcreator Jayn de Gullah/Geechee Famlee down by de RiverSide! Come out and Help engage in the Gullah/Geechee CREATE Marine Debris Removal project as …

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Gullah/Geechee Living Heritage and Sustaining Legacy on the Land

In America, the word “heritage” is often bantered about without a clear examination of its definition in English and the origin of what is being considered “heritage.” So, I thought it not robbery to take a journey into the etymology of this word for “Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Awareness Month.” A brief online examination of the …

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