Joyner Institute for Gullah Studies

Dedicated to the critical understanding that Gullah Geechee people play within the African Diaspora. Housed in @ccu_ehfa; good trouble with @athenaeumpress.

[Joyner Institute for Gullah Studies @joynerinstitute]

Beautiful day @brookgreensc . Celebrating changemakers in Horry and Georgetown. Blessed for these folks to be in the world, and even more blessed to get into good trouble with more than a few!

[Joyner Institute for Gullah Studies @joynerinstitute]

My friends, there are many ways to celebrate Juneteenth. This is not one of them.

[Michael W. Twitty @KosherSoul]

Nobody asked for this....
Especially the trademark

[South Carolina Humanities @sc_humanities]

⏰⏰⏰ Tick, tock, time's almost up! Get started on your nomination for a Governor's Award TODAY! More info ➡️ Link in bio

[South Carolina Humanities @sc_humanities]

Looking for something to do today in Myrtle Beach? Check out the "Violins of Hope" exhibit! Get the details ➡ https://t.co/Tlp8XGSTJB
#MyrtleBeach

[South Carolina Humanities @sc_humanities]

April is #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth. The National Endowment for the Humanities @NEHgov has a great virtual bookshelf with links to NEH-supported projects on Arab-American heritage. Check it out!
https://t.co/Y9LRSqGA4d
(Photo from NEH website)

[South Carolina Humanities @sc_humanities]

The next Zoom discussion presented by SC State University in the series “Words Across the Water: Writing and Discourse Across the Black Atlantic” is this Thursday. Topic: "Women's Traditions and Transformations."
More info and how to register 🔗 https://t.co/E45SgatqPa

[AveryResearchCenter @avery_tweets]

We have a exciting and educational week prepared just for you! From virtual Avery Digital Classroom events, to in person Reopening events we are ready to connect with you all.
Click the link below to register!

https://t.co/602IJz6J8Z

[Florida Trust @FloridaTrustHP]

As we close Black History Month we will still be honoring Florida’s underrepresented heritage through the year with lessons learned in part from the @joynerinstitute of Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora conference and cultural convening! #IGGAD2022

[Joyner Institute for Gullah Studies @joynerinstitute]

@YusefforPeace @TamaraLadonna Moving Spirits were fabulous. Thanks for coming out!

[Yusef ♥️✌🏾✊🏾 @YusefforPeace]

Dancers at Gullah Geechee Community Day festival.:

[South Carolina Humanities @sc_humanities]

Tomorrow's the day! @CCUChanticleers is hosting its second “Gullah Geechee Community Day” in downtown Conway! SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant.
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#horrycounty #conwaysc #onlyinconway #sccoast #coastalcarolina #southcarolina #ThingsToDo #foodtrucks #arts

[TJAY Jones @tjayjones8]

Puppet parade at the Gullah Geeche Community Day in Conway SC @RadioBahai is live at the event. #saturday

[TJAY Jones @tjayjones8]

Shoutout to Lillian Cotton at Cotton Studios who drew this really cool picture of my wife. At the Gullah Geeche Community Day in Conway SC. She does great work. #characterart #art #conway

[TJoy @TeeJoyLa]

Excited about the possibilities for research from Virginia Ellison's "Listening to Silences: Digitally Enhancing the Visibility of Enslaved Persons in South Carolina’s Historic Record" #iggad22 #iggad

[H. Shellae Versey @hshellae]

Talk on place-based preservation and highlighting why #stories matter: starting now! #iggad

[Scott Alves Barton, @senhorokra.bsky.social @MrOkra]

3rd Annual International Gullah Geechee African Diaspora [IGGAD] Conference 2022: WHO OWNS THIS? COMMUNITIES, HERITAGE, AND PRESERVATION 2022 Schedule - Coastal Carolina University https://t.co/WFH1NvwMk4

[Scott Alves Barton, @senhorokra.bsky.social @MrOkra]

Objects of Our Ancestry: History, Archaeology, & Cultural Heritage Talks & Workshops | And-Split Down to Timbers: How the Discovery of Shipwrecks from Black History Impacts Local Life, Memory, and Archaeology
Khamal Patterson, Cultural property attorney & researcher | #iggad 2022

[Joyner Institute for Gullah Studies @joynerinstitute]

@SustainCoastal Couldn't have done it without you and the Gullah Preservation Society for creating these crafts. Isn't it amazing when sustainability brings us together?