Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2019

Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2019 www.GullahGeecheeNation.com

Cum fa jayn we fa de Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week septenary! Bring hunnuh famlee fa yeddi de tru ting bout who were and support de business of de #GullahGeechee!

Follow we @GullahGeechee!

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Peace!

Praise GAWD e time fa “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week! septenary since disya bin da gwine on. E bless up fa tru!

E dun git ta be a

Webe Healin de Land and Holdin pun de Culcha disya year. Da duh de theme wha ebeebodee from North Carolina ta Georgia da jayn een togedda. Ting start Satdee, July 27, 2019 at Noon and gwine on tru Sundee, August 4th. Disya gwine hep hunnuh kno wha da gwine on, but fa mo falla @GullahGeechee pun Twitter and Instagran and www.GullahGeecheeNation.com.

Disya celebration truly bout self-determination, ujimaa, and ujamaa.

We call pun ebee Gullah/Geechee Famlee fa men sho e tek de week fa tune een and sun from www.GullahGeechee.tv and support de tings wha een ya wha hunnuh wine see. Da whey hunnuh kin link up wid de oda res ob who webe and crak hunnuh teen een Gullah/Geechee.

Disya de week fa hunnuh tro on hunnuh Gullah/Geechee gear and wave hunnuh flag hiya den hunnuh eba dun do. Cuz all a disya bout hunnuh fa tru. Ef hunnuh ain got nuttin yet, gwine ta www.GullahGeechee.biz fa git readee.

Fa all hunnuh chillun wha gwine support disya, Tenki Tenki!

Happy Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week fa allawe!

Peace,

Queen Quet

Founder, Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation

www.gofundme.com/gullahgeechee-land-legacy-fund

Tru de Eyes of De GuIIah/Geechee: PIantations of the Lowcountry

Links to Gullah/Geechee Living Culture

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Gullah/Geechee Nation Headquarters www.officialgullahgeechee.info or www.gullahgeecheenation.com

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Gullah/Geechee Nation on Instagram http://instagram.com/gullahgeechee

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Gullah/Geechee Angel Network www.gullahgeecheeangelnetwork.com

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Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition www.gullahgeechee.net

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Gullah/Geechee TV™ (GGTV) www.youtube.om/AMPTurnItUp

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Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gullahgeechee

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Gullah/Geechee Fishing Association www.gullahgeecheefishingassociation.com

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Gullah/Geechee Nation Facebook Fan Page https://www.facebook.com/GullahGeecheeWeBe/

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Gullah/Geechee Folks on Twitter www.twitter.com/gullahgeechee

10. Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee www.QueenQuet.com 11. Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™ www.gullahgeechee.info 12. Gullah/Geechee Doula Association http://www.gullahgeecheedoula.com/ 13. Gullah/Geechee Nation on Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/gullahgeechee/ 14. Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Committee of NE FL www.facebook.com/neflaggcommittee

GULLAH/GEECHEE GOLD SOULS CAMPAIGN

The Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition is the premiere organization on the protection and continuation of the Gullah/Geechee history, heritage, and culture. The Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition: •

advocates for the protection of the human and land rights of Gullah/Geechee

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promotes and participates in the continuation of Gullah/Geechee history, heritage, culture, and language.

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works toward Sea Island land re-acquisition and maintenance. celebrates Gullah/Geechee culture through artistic and educational means electronically and via "grassroots scholarship."

The Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition has successfully carried out this mission since 1996. During which time, they developed the ONLY archive in the world which is TOTALLY dedicated to Gullah/Geechee history, heritage, and culture.

The Gullah/Geechee Alekbulan Archive is being upgraded in order to continue to provide access to artifacts, images, documents, books, films, and recordings to future generations of Gullah/Geechees and global researchers. The Coalition host hundreds of students and professional writers each year and it also supports native Gullah/Geechee speakers and presenters traveling to other parts of the world to make sure that accurate presentations on our culture are done in a varied array of venues.

We are calling on all supporters of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition to become dues paying members and to contribute to the “Gullah/Geechee Gold Souls Campaign.”

The funds will assist with the completion of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition Center. Please use the form at the end of this ezine or go to http://fnd.us/c/07Wl6 in order to financially contribute to the fundraising efforts that are currently under way in order to finalize the second phase of archival digitization and artifact preservation.

The “wish list:” • New Apple Mac Pro desktop computer • 12 Mac compatible 3T and higher external drives • Acid free & corrugated plastic archival boxes and poster covers of all sizes • CD/DVD Duplicator For details on how you can host a fundraising event, contribute in any or in all of these ways, please email GullGeeCo@aol.com.

Disya bout geeing frum de soul fa mek sho de richness stay een wi black gold!

Wha Gwine On Every Monday at 7 pm EST Tune in to “Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!� Disya da we sho! http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gullahgeechee

Pre-Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Event Quadre' Stuckey Art Gala

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 In Collaboration with the "Leslie N. Johnson Youth Foundation For Arts"

A Night of Fine Dining, Cocktails, Live Music, Culture, Fun, Art, Community also Rejuvenation catered by Chef Brandon Wallace.

Friday July 26, 2019 at 7pm.
 102 South Merriman Road Georgetown Sc 29440, Mitney Building đ&#x;?¤

Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2019 July 27-August 4, 2019

July 27 Noon to 4 pm

Gullah/Geechee Famlee Day at Mosquito Beach

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gullahgeechee-famlee-day-at-mosquito-beach-2019-tickets-55576705422 July 28th Worship with de Gullah/Geechee Famlee July 29th Support Gullah/Geechee Owned and Operated Businesses July 30th Tour Sullivan’s Island and Charleston, SC and at 6:30 pm Gather at Charleston County Council for Proclamation July 31st Support the Lisa Gilyard-Rivers art exhibition at the York W. Bailey Museum of Penn Center and visit the Reconstruction Era National Monument in Beaufort and on St. Helena Island, SC August 1st at 5 pm Tru de Eyes of de Gullah/Geechee: Plantations of the Lowcountry presentation by Queen Quet RSVP required at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tru-de-eyes-of-de-gullahgeechee-plantations-of-de-lowcountry-tickets-64976830449 or www.MorrisHeritageCenter.org August 2 Take Dayclean Journeys Tour of Savannah, GA and Coastal GA www.DayCleanJourneys.com August 2 & 3 SC Rural & Limited Resource Landowner Symposium sponsored by the Center for Heirs Property Preservation www.heirsproperty.org August 3 from 2-6 pm Gullah/Geechee Block Party at Folly River Park at Folly Beach, SC August 4 Gullah/Geechee Afternoon at Scott’s Grand in North Charleston, SC

Fa mo updates and ting bout wha gwine on falla

www.gullahgeecheenation.com or @GullahGeechee.

Keep up with events on a weekly basis by following @GullahGeechee and www.GullahGeecheeNation.com.

August-Black Philanthropy Month SEPTEMBER

Lands End Woodlands River Festival on St. Helena Island, SC Gullah/Geechee Nation Reggae Pon de River in at the Bluffton Oyster Company in Bluffton, SC Gullah/Geechee Nation Wadamalaw Island Labor Day Parade in SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation Oscar Frazier BBQ Festival at Oscar Frazier Park in Bluffton, SC Gullah/Geechee Nation Pin Point Seafood Festival in Pinpoint, GA Gullah/Geechee Nation Moja Celebration in

Charleston, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation www.mojafestival.com

OCTOBER-Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Awareness Month NOVEMBER

Rice Festival in Riceboro, GA in the Gullah/Geechee Nation Heritage Days Celebration on St. Helena Island, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation Sugar Cane Harvest at Geechee Kunda in Riceboro, GA in the Gullah/Geechee Nation

DECEMBER

Gullah Night Pun de Town at the St. Helena Branch Library December 21 Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition Anniversary

Tune in to Gullah/Geechee TV weekly at www.GullahGeechee.tv.

Fa mo updates and ting bout wha gwine on falla www.gullahgeecheenation.com or @GullahGeechee.

Keep up with events on a weekly basis by following @GullahGeechee and www.GullahGeecheeNation.com.

Tenki Tenki ta all wha celebrate #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week Wid We! Tune een ta Gullah/Geechee TV fa see de proclamations at www.GullahGeechee.tv.

Hampton County, SC https://gullahgeecheenation.com/2019/06/05/hampton-county-proclaims-gullah-geechee-nation-appreciation-week-2019/ Glynn County, GA https://gullahgeecheenation.com/2019/06/12/glynn-county-proclaims-gullah-geechee-nation-appreciationweek-2019/ City of Beaufort, SC https://gullahgeecheenation.com/2019/06/13/city-of-beaufort-proclaims-gullah-geechee-nation-appreciationweek-2019/ Town of Port Royal, SC https://gullahgeecheenation.com/2019/07/06/town-of-port-royal-proclaims-gullah-geechee-nation-appreciation-week-2019/ Georgetown County, SC https://gullahgeecheenation.com/2019/07/06/georgetown-county-proclaims-gullah-geechee-nation-appreciation-week-2019/ Nassau County, FL https://gullahgeecheenation.com/2019/07/06/nassau-county-proclaims-gullah-geechee-nation-appreciationweek-2019/ Liberty County, GA https://gullahgeecheenation.com/2019/07/06/liberty-county-proclaims-gullah-geechee-nation-appreciationweek-2019/ Chatham County, GA https://gullahgeecheenation.com/2019/07/06/chatham-county-proclaims-gullah-geechee-nation-appreciation-week-2019/

Hep Mo Angel fa Fly! Support De Gullah/Geechee Angel Network!

The mission of the official 501(c)3, non-profit of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, the Gullah/Geechee Angel Network is To preserve, protect and promote the cultural heritage of the Gullah/Geechee People who have lived in the southeastern portion of the United States of America from North Carolina to Jacksonville Florida 30 miles inland (known as the "Low Country") for over 300 years. To connect all people, not just in the 50 states, but internationally throughout the Diaspora, Europe, Caribbean and Africa.

Goals and Objectives are achieved by the implementation of the following seven (7) point program: The Performing Arts: Musical plays, dramatizations, poetry, storytelling, enactments and workshops Arts and Crafts: Workshops in the production and displaying of traditional Gullah/Geechee cultural items.

Demonstrative workshops that encourage the development of functional skills and forms of expression to potentially showcase and stimulate direct participation in the growing ethnic tourism industry, festivals and cultural events.

Educational: The establishment of Cultural Learning Centers designed to foster motivation, achievement and cultural enrichment. Historical/Research excursions from the tip of North Carolina (Cape Fear) to the outlining areas of Jacksonville, Florida.

Scholarships and Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award programs and events recognizing those persons who have given selflessly of themselves, and have done considerable work for the benefits of their particular community as it relates to cultural preservation. Awarding Scholarships to youth who exhibit talent, and are oriented toward developing skills which foster Gullah/Geechee Culture.

The Internet and The Media: Networking with organizations, institutions and groups which focus on Gullah/ Geechee Culture. Consistently present positive role models and activities to the low country in particular, and to in the Diaspora in general.

Production, Preservation and Documentation: Production and archiving of Gullah/Geechee video and audio recordings, books, symbols and banners. Radio, television and computer production programming.

Health and Nutrition Awareness: Forums and symposiums which explore lifestyles, food staples, food cultivation and preparation of Gullah/Geechee cuisine, as well as developing holistic programs to promote well being.

Yenna House widout a doubt!

The Gullah/Geechee International Camp Meeting Center & Yenna House will host a number of activities and people from around the world and educate people on the living traditions of that exist throughout the Gullah/ Geechee Nation. The next major fundraiser for the project will be the Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™ www.gullahgeechee.info.

For more details on fundraisers, tours, assisting with the project, or contributing, call (843) 572-6788 or go to www.gullahgeecheeangelnetwork.com .

Gullah/Geechee Fishing Association Holdin pun de Fishin Tradition!

The Gullah/Geechee Fishing Association (www.gullahgeecheefishing.net) was founded in Beaufort County, SC on March 25, 2010 by Queen Quet, Ricky Wright, the late Herbert Simmons, Joseph Bradley, and Keith Ellis who are all natives of St. Helena Island, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.

These founding members were quickly joined by Gullah/Geechee fishermen and women from other parts of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida in the mission to 1) To advocate for the rights of Gullah/Geechee and African American fishermen and fishery workers of the southeast 2) To share traditional fishing methods with the next generation 3) To restore access to the areas and factories needed to sustain the seafood industry in the Gullah/Geechee Nation and southeastern United States The Gullah/Geechee Fishing Association members have actively worked with numerous national and international organizations during their five years in existence. Their work has been featured in profiles done by the Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy, the Ocean Conservancy, USA Today and CNN International to name a few.

During even numbered years, the Gullah/Geechee Fishing Association members host, the "Gullah/Geechee Seafood Festival" on Hunting Island. Throughout each year, they have community celebrations to engage more Gullah/Geechee fishing families in their efforts. They will co-host a series of "Gullah/Geechee Famlee Days throughout the year and the Gullah/Geechee Seafood Festival.

For more information, call (843) 838-1171 or email GullGeeCo@aol.com or casting@gullahgeecheefishing.net.

De Gullah/Geechee say,

"De wata bring we and de wata gwine tek we bak!� www.gullahgeecheefishing.net

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