Gullah/Geechee Nation

Gullah/Geechee Nation

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Gullah/Geechee Nation episodes

  • Making the Black Family Healthy and Wealthy
    Tune in to Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio's 2nd "Financial Literacy Month" broadcast "Making the Black Family Healthy and Wealthy."  Queen Quet, Chiieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) continues the Black family wealth building dialogue with Felicia Gomes-Gregory.  The started the dialogue with the episode entitled "Profit During the Pandemic."
    Felicia Gomes-Gregory is the founder and creative director behind her passion project called Heels and Higher Achievement TM (HHA, www.heelshigh.org).  She has an extensive background in technology, as a support specialist that ran equity trading desks for New York, Tokyo and London for various financial firms.  In 2016, she had a "vision" of pairing her love for finances and technology into one platform by educating and empowering women of color in the process. Her focus has been to teach and create "spiritual & financial" Black women wealth builders and foster money conversations among the whole community. 
    Felicia states, "I 'educare' women of color (and their families) in basic financial concepts, wherever I go.  I touch on reducing the daily financial stress of families by learning about debt management, student loan reduction/counseling and legacy building."  Tune in as she and Queen Quet discuss strategies for island families to build their wealth and leave sustainable legacies.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Profit During the Pandemic
    Tune in as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) interviews Felicia Gomes-Gregory on this Fiancial Literacy Month edition of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" entitled "Profit During the Pandemic."  They will focus on family and finances especially in the Black community.  
    Felicia Gomes-Gregory is the founder and creative director behind her passion project called Heels and Higher Achievement TM (HHA, www.heelshigh.org).  She has an extensive background in technology, as a support specialist that ran equity trading desks for New York, Tokyo and London for various financial firms.  In 2016, she had a "vision" of pairing her love for finances and technology into one platform by educating and empowering women of color in the process. Her focus has been to teach and create "spiritual & financial" Black women wealth builders and foster money conversations among the whole community. 
    In 2018, Felicia began presenting customized financial workshops within the community, schools, small business and women's organizations.  I "educare" women of color (and their families) in basic financial concepts, wherever I go.  I touch on reducing the daily financial stress of families by learning about debt management, student loan reduction/counseling and legacy building.", Felicia says.  Tune in as she and Queen Quet discuss strategies for island families to build their wealth and leave sustainable legacies.
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    1 hr 1 min
  • Cultural Cost as We Pan the Pandemic from Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio
    Tune in to Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gulalh/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) pans the pandemic and discusses its effects on cultural continuation in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  The COVID-19 pandemic closures have had massive economic impacts around the world.  Tune in to hear what is taking place within the Gullah/Geechee Nation and how the citizens are dealing with the stay at home orders even as they face the coming storm season.   Queen Quet will discuss land and environmental impacts as well.  Without the land, there is no culture.   
    Yeddi we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio.
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    14 min
  • Gullah/Geechee Wisdom in the Midst of Crisis
    Tune een fa Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio fa yeddi "Gullah/Geechee Wisdom een de Midst of Crisis."  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation shared Gullah/Geechee words of wisdom and reflections in the midst of the global crisis due to the coronavirus outbreak. This was the concluding episode in celebration of Black Herstory Month 2020.  Tune een fa yeddi sum de wisdom frum de Gullah/Geechee Nation.
    Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!
    www.GullahGeecheeNation.com
    31 min
  • Keeping Safe During a Global Crisis: A Message from the Gullah/Geechee Nation
    Tune een fa Keeping Safe During a Global Crisis: A Message from the Gullah/Geechee Nation pun Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) will present a message concerning the current global crisis and what is taking place in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  Queen Quet encourages everyone to stay calm, safe, and healthy and use this as a time of renewal and upliftment.   Tune een fa yeddi disya pun we sho.
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    55 min
  • Black Herstory Month 2020 @GullahGeechee
    Tune in as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation launches Black Herstory Month on Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!  Queen Quet holds the honor as a Black Herstory Award receipient along with Gullah/Geechee sacred ancestors, The Beach Lady.   Every March Giullah/Geechee Riddim Radio celebrates the legacy of herstory for Women's Herstory and Black Herstory Month.   A series of events for #GullahGeechee2020 will be taking place in the Gullah/Geechee Nation and beyond during March which is also "Gullah/Geechee Volunteer Month."  Gear up to get involved.  Yeddi bout all a disya pun we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!
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    1 hr
  • #GullahGeechee Florida Black History
    Tune een fa yeddi disya Black History edition of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio bout Florida Gullah/Geechee Black history.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) will interview Gullah/Geechee Nation Representative Glenda Simmons-Jenkins, who is a founding member of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Committee of Northeast Florida concerning the legacy of Gullah/Geechees in Florida.  Many people have only read about Gullah/Geechee culture existing in South Carolina and Georgia, but do not realize the history search for freedom linked to Gullah/Geechees migrating to Florida for centuries.  Tune een fa yeddi disya!
    #GullahGeechee2020
    Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!
    www.GullahGeecheeNation.com
    1 hr 1 min
  • 20 Years of Liberation een de Gullah/Geechee Nation
    Yeddi "20 Years of Liberation een de Gullah/Geechee Nation" with Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and Minister of information Elder Carlie Towne.  E gwine crak e teet bout 20 years standing fa de human right ta self-determination fa de #GullahGeechee.  E gwine celebrate #GullahGeechee2020 tru a series of events fa bring de people togedda fa see de culcha clearly.  
    Elder Carlie Towne is the founder and director of the official 501(c)3 of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, the Gullah/Geechee Angel Network (www.GullahGeecheeAngelNetwork.com).  Tune in to hear the plans that will taking place this year and the vision for the future of the Gullah/Geechee.
    #GullahGeechee2020
    Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!
    www.GullahGeecheeNation.com
    1 hr 1 min
  • Gullah/Geechee: Electing to Live Black History
    Tune in as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) interviews Black Excellence Award Winner, Dr. Amir Jamal Toure for Black History Month.  Toure owns, "Dayclean Journeys" of Savannah, GA and is an Africana studies and Black History professor at his alma mater, Savannah State University.  Toure won the "Black Excellence Social Justice Award" the same night that Queen Quet was presented with the "Black Excellence Gullah/Geechee Gate Keeper Award."  Tune in as these two freedom fighters that are leaders of the Gullah.Geechee Nation dialogue about this year's Black History theme, "African Americans and the Right to Vote."
    Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Rididm Radio!
    www.GullahGeecheeNation.com
    1 hr
  • Black History and #GullahGeechee 2020
    Tune een fa de fuss 2020 Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio broadcass fa celebrate Black History Month 2020!  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) opens this annual broadcast with an overview of Black History Month 2020.  She will also announce a list of Black History Month events related to Gullah/Geechee history.   Tune een fa yeddi bout what gwine on een de Gullah/Geechee Nation fa #GullahGeechee2020 and how e gwine be bout de Gullah/Geechee legacy all year.
    www.GullahGeecheeNation.com
    57 min

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"Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" is the Blog Tak Show hosted by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation on behalf of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition. www.gullahgeechee.net Cum fa yeddi bout who wi da and cunneck wid de riddim ob de sea wid wi Gullah/Geechee! Disya da we show-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!