Save your dates for Saturday, March 7, 2020. The City of Conway, Conway Downtown Alive and Coastal Carolina University will hold a Gullah Geechee Community Day as part of the International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora Conference 2020: Without Borders. The Athenaeum Press is the project lead on this community day, and a partner with the Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies.

From the grant site,

Coastal Carolina University in partnership with the City of Conway will present Gullah Geechee Community Day on March 7, 2020. The cultural heritage event will include free programs across the city such as presentations, vendors, and cultural performances. There will be several programming themes: Healthy and Historic Cooking Demonstrations, Property Rights and Activism Programming, History and Culture Project Presentations, and a History Harvest to gather local community stories and artifacts. The Gullah Geechee Community Day has been scheduled to coincide with the last day of the second annual International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora conference at Coastal. The goal of the project is to foster a dialogue between community members, organizations, and initiatives as to how to preserve and perpetuate Gullah Geechee culture and communities in the region.

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