Queen Quet's 2021 Headlines
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation has stayed engaged and often in the forefront of continuing to battle against environmental degradation and cultural annihilation throughout 2021. Some of this powerful and necessary work was captured in the headlines and on TV and radio.
Stopping Spaceport Camden
https://www.audubon.org/news/the-private-race-space-has-fallout-protected-lands-earth
Southeast Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative
Gullah/Geechee Nation Keepers of the Land by ABC’s Nightline
https://abcnews.go.com/US/south-carolina-sea-islands-families-facing-land-loss/story?id=81114019
NPR:
Stories from Those on the Frontlines of Sea Level Rise
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sea-level-rise-stories/
For Gullah Geechee people on the SC coast, climate change is already a threat
Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center Panel “Stories of Culture and Adaptation”
Queen Quet Receives the Order of the Palmetto
https://yourislandnews.com/queen-quet-awarded-order-of-the-palmetto/
https://charlestoncitypaper.com/gullah-geechee-leader-queen-quet-awarded-order-of-the-palmetto/
Opposing Offshore Drilling
Fighting for the Weeping Time Site
Gullah/Geechee Nation Strives to Survive
https://afro.com/gullah-geechee-nation-strives-to-survive/
Gullah/Geechee Sea Climate Change Firsthand
https://www.wjcl.com/article/gullah-geechee-see-climate-change-firsthand/35787975
Bay Point
https://www.islandpacket.com/news/politics-government/article257555893.html
Plutonium Pit Mines