Peace All! I was lead to this article today during my annual break and I needed to share it because a great deal of this is relevant to the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Many have no idea the things that I and the other leaders of the Gullah/Geechee Nation engage in each month from the inside and the outside in order to sustain our culture and our environment. We are being proactive and would not want things to go to this extreme for people to finally join the efforts by supporting what is already underway in regard to all of this. Given my visits to Sandy, Sapelo, and Daufuskie amongst others of our Sea Islands that I travel to by boat, I am well aware of the similarities here with the folks that I met in Alaska that are dealing with climate change issues: Everything else on the island -- vehicles, food, construction supplies for houses -- must be shipped in. As a result, fresh food, aside from what they can hunt or pick, is rare, and prices at the general store would be outrageous to anyone from the lower 48 states: $14.76 for a can of Lysol, $21.61 for a package of six Huggies diapers, $7.40 for a box of Raisin Bran. Gasoline and heating oil are also shipped in at a premium, with a years supply arriving each summer on a barge. A gallon will run you north of $6, and when supplies run out here, there is nothing until the barge returns. I pray that this year will be the year that Facebook fans and Twitter followers become supporters and truly contribute to the work that we are doing that will help native people sustain their lives on the grounds where they are in the Gullah/Geechee Nation and in other parts of the world. Peace, Queen Quet
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:12:48 +0000