Queen Quet
Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation
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Queen Quet Consults for Hollywood's "Underground"
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article135460959.html
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Gullah/Geechee Nation Representation at COP 22
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150 hurricanes later, these island people can teach us a few things about surviving climate change
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Sojourner Magazine Interview with Queen Quet
https://sojo.net/magazine/august-2014/video-interview-queen-quet-gullahgeechee
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Gullah Leader Heads to Morocco for U.N. Conference on Climate Change
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article110386502.html#storylink=cpy
Atlanta Black Star Article on the Gullah/Geechee Nation
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Promised land: Citizens, superheroes and the Gullah/Geechee Nation
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/02/promised-land-citizens-superheroes-and-the-gullah-geechee-nation/
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Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation will be at the opening of the 1st "Gullah/Geechee Visitors Center!"
http://www.postandcourier.com/business/gullah-geechee-visitors-center-opening-saturday-in-beaufort/article_e6f8696e-1946-11e7-b3a3-73bea9337031.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation will be at the opening of the 1st "Gullah/Geechee Visitors Center!"
http://www.postandcourier.com/business/gullah-geechee-visitors-center-opening-saturday-in-beaufort/article_e6f8696e-1946-11e7-b3a3-73bea9337031.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share
Queen Quet to be interviewed by WURD's "Information is the Best Medicine"
https://gullahgeecheenation.com/2017/04/13/queen-quet-of-the-gullahgeechee-nation-on-wurds-information-is-the-best-medicine/
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Gullah/Geechee Culture Depends on Ocean's Abundance
http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2017/04/22/gullah-culture-depends-oceans-abundance/100639004/
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Beaufort News Dialogues with Queen Quet about "Underground" and the Gullah/Geechee TV & Movie Club
https://youtu.be/0DE40CFYgqs
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"Gullah/Geechee Visitors Center" is a long time coming!
http://beauforttoday.com/news/2017-04-11/long-time-coming-gullah/geechee-visitors-center-opens-beaufort
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Queen Quet presents at "Hallelujah Harriet: Mother Moses and de Gullah/Geechee" at Harriet Tubman Monument Fundraiser
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/TheBattery/archives/2017/05/08/a-harriet-tubman-monument-will-be-erected-in-beaufort-may-27
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African American Land Loss featured in "The Nation"
https://thefern.org/2017/06/african-americans-lost-untold-acres-farmland-last-century/
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Queen Quet featured in "The Weather Channel" piece on climate change and sea level rise in the Gullah/Geechee Nation
https://vimeo.com/240678169?ref=fb-share
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Queen Quet featured in the New York Times regarding the history of rice and its links to the African Diaspora:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/dining/hill-rice-slave-history.html
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WSAV Black History Month feature about Queen Quet:
http://wsav.com/2018/03/07/celebrating-black-history-queen-quet-makes-history-at-united-nations/
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Queen Quet & De Gullah/Geechee Fishing Association stand up against oil drilling!
http://www.abccolumbia.com/2018/02/13/ralliers-around-state-oppose-offshore-drilling-statehouse/
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Beaufort News features Queen Quet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyspkPQ2V-0&feature=youtu.be
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A Queen Quet of the Coast
n 2000, Queen Quet, Marquetta L. Goodwine, was elected chieftess and head-of-state of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, which was internationally recognized as a nation that same year. Since then, Queen Quet has worked tirelessly to preserve and protect the Gullah/Geechee people, their culture and way of life, which is under threat from potential seismic airgun blasting and offshore drilling.
“All aspects of our culture are important,” she said. “Especially the fact that we are inextricably tied to the land and the waters of the Sea Islands and the [Intracoastal] Waterway and Atlantic Ocean.”
Read more at https://usa.oceana.org/blog/coastal-voices-part-5-queen-coast
Queen Quet's Healin de Land World Tour Media Highlights
Numerous news outlets have reported on the environmental challenges and what the Gullah/Geechee Nation under Queen Quet's leadership is doing to combat them:
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060208613
Gullah Geechee worry their unique island culture won’t survive climate change
COVER STORY on Queen Quet: https://www.imarawoman.com/women-who-lead/
Queen Quet Gullah/Geechee Legacy Library Opens