Upcoming Events at Ruby Lee's South
Sun Apr 7, 11:00 AM - Sun Apr 7, 7:00 PM
19 DUNNIGANS ALLEY, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC 29928
Community: Hilton Head Island
Description
The STAND4LAND JAZZ & GULLAH RAP BRUNCH on March 3, 2019 will be the first in a unique series of 10 monthly.
Event Details
First Sunday fundraisers, which are designed to benefit the "HELP SAVE GULLAH-GEECHEE LAND CAMPAIGN" of the non-profit Pan-African Family Empowerment & Land Preservation Network, Inc.
All proceeds from the brunches will be used for two purposes: To either pay the delinquent property taxes of land-rich, but cash-poor descendants of enslaved Africans who once labored on sea island plantations from North Carolina to Florida, or ro redeem Gullah-Geechee property that has already been auctioned to the highest bidders at delinquent tax sales.
Each brunch will be a themed event spotlighting dynamic entertainment ranging from jazz and Gullah rap to gospel music and the blues. Local poets and storytellers will also be invited to participate in these much-anticipated communitywide fundraisers. Anyone interested in helping to prevent any further loss of ancestral Gullah-Geechee homes and land is welcome to join this critical fundraising effort.
Because Gullah-Geechee culture is land-based, decades of almost unchecked land loss means that the people celebrated for preserving among the strongest African cultural retentions in the New World--are struggling to survive amid upscale gated communties and resort developments, as well as the gentrification of desirable coastal cities.
Hilton Head Island--which is the site of historic Mitchelville, America's first self-governed Freedmen's Village,circa 1862--has suffered a storied loss of valuable Black-owned waterfront property. Some of that land, including popular once segregated North End beaches, had been in local Gullah families since the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.
Less than 1,000-acres still remain in Gullah hands on HHI. Many HHI Gullah families lost, or were forced to sell their land and became permanently displaced. And with few exceptions, the remaining Gullah families battle soaring property taxes, stifling zoning and land management ordinances, and mind-boggliing tactics by greedy developers and their allies.
Since 2015, the "HELP SAVE GULLAH-GEECHEE LAND CAMPAIGN" has provided an safety net of technical, referral, anf financial assistance that has pr
All proceeds from the brunches will be used for two purposes: To either pay the delinquent property taxes of land-rich, but cash-poor descendants of enslaved Africans who once labored on sea island plantations from North Carolina to Florida, or ro redeem Gullah-Geechee property that has already been auctioned to the highest bidders at delinquent tax sales.
Each brunch will be a themed event spotlighting dynamic entertainment ranging from jazz and Gullah rap to gospel music and the blues. Local poets and storytellers will also be invited to participate in these much-anticipated communitywide fundraisers. Anyone interested in helping to prevent any further loss of ancestral Gullah-Geechee homes and land is welcome to join this critical fundraising effort.
Because Gullah-Geechee culture is land-based, decades of almost unchecked land loss means that the people celebrated for preserving among the strongest African cultural retentions in the New World--are struggling to survive amid upscale gated communties and resort developments, as well as the gentrification of desirable coastal cities.
Hilton Head Island--which is the site of historic Mitchelville, America's first self-governed Freedmen's Village,circa 1862--has suffered a storied loss of valuable Black-owned waterfront property. Some of that land, including popular once segregated North End beaches, had been in local Gullah families since the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.
Less than 1,000-acres still remain in Gullah hands on HHI. Many HHI Gullah families lost, or were forced to sell their land and became permanently displaced. And with few exceptions, the remaining Gullah families battle soaring property taxes, stifling zoning and land management ordinances, and mind-boggliing tactics by greedy developers and their allies.
Since 2015, the "HELP SAVE GULLAH-GEECHEE LAND CAMPAIGN" has provided an safety net of technical, referral, anf financial assistance that has pr
