The schedule is subject to change.
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Conway Visitors Center
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Vendor Market |
Town Green
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Indigo Dyeing with Adrianne King Comer |
| 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Food Vendors and Artisan Market |
Horry County Museum Auditorium
805 Main St.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | State of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Djuanna Brockington, Interim Director of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. | African Food Legacies in the Americas Dr. Judith Carney Dr. Carney’s lecture will draw attention to the significance of the African Continent’s food crops as a crucial underpinning of the Transatlantic commerce in human beings, the slave ships as a means of conveying African crops to the Americas, and the enslaved as active participants in establishing African food staples. |
| 2:55 p.m. | Song “No Cursin” Blackout Taedoe, Gullah Geechee Hip-Hop Artist |
| 3 – 4 p.m. | PRAISE by Any Means Necessary: The Power of the Tambourine in Gullah Geechee Worship Veronica Gerald, CCU Professor Emeritus Rev. Richard Williams, Jr., Senior Pastor of Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church |
Horry County Museum Classroom
805 Main St., second floor
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 11:30 – 12:15 p.m. | Roots of Resilience: Empowering Rural African American Communities through Pollinator Conservation and Community Gardens Crystal Anderson, Independent Producer |
| 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. | Waiting in Segregated Spaces Shyanne Bellamy, The Athenaeum Press at Coastal Carolina University |
| 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. | Atlantic Beach’s Reconstruction and Revitalization Through Resilience Jaye Divine |
Conway Library Classroom
801 Main St., second floor
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Friendfield Plantation’s African American Community, 1819-1870 Lynn Hanson, Steven Sims, Ian Fanning Among the former rice plantations that once subdivided the land known today as Hobcaw Barony, Friendfield is the most well-known, largely due to public tours hosted by the Belle W. Baruch Foundation. But the names of the enslaved people who labored on this specific plantation have been unknown until the last several months. By analyzing the data in pre-civil war plantation inventories, tax accounts, Freedmen’s Bureau contracts, and the 1870 U.S. Census for Friendfield Plantation on the Waccamaw River, we have produced a catalog of enslaved names, charted the demographic changes in the community, and identified individual residents who remained on the property up to 50 years. |
| 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. | Reconstructing Our Agricultural Practices and Food System: Back to our Roots Dr. Florence Anoruo |
| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. | Journey of a Young Gullah Geechee Gardner Jordan Floyd, 7-year-old Gardener and Conway native |
The Hut, First United Methodist Church
1001 5th Avenue (at corner of 5th and Main)
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Little Room/Narthex | Stepping into My Shoes: Abolition and Music as Resistance to Invisibility in Afro-Puerto Rican Identity Dr. Anthony Sanchez This interactive installation will focus on how Afro-Puerto-Ricans artistically re-defined themselves through music, in opposition to colonialism and marginalization. |
| 12 – 4 p.m. Sanctuary/Big Room | Gullah Geechee CREATE Artist Showcase, SC Sea Grant Consortium |
Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church
1101 5th Ave.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Gullah Arts and Crafts workshops |
Horry County Library Administrative Building
1008 5th Ave.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. | GGCHC Community Resiliency and Visioning Listening Session Erica Xavier-Beauvoir, Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Resiliency Manager Angel Parsons, Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Program Director |
| 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. | Saamaka Rice Processing Demonstration IGGAD 2025 Surinamese Delegation |
Bryan House, Horry County Historical Society
606 Main St.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | The Black Pearl: A Reading CCU’s Theatre Department Black Pearl, written by Cynthia Grace Robinson and directed by Cezar Williams is a story of love and loss set in Atlantic Beach, SC. The student cast from CCU’s department of theatre will read from this play made possible with the support of Nancy and Billie Cave. |
| 1 – 2 p.m. | Gullah Herbal Tea Tasting Join Gullah Geechee Herbalist, Jacque Williams for a taste of Gullah herbal knowledge and delicious teas. |
| 2 – 2:45 p.m. | Poetry Reading – Strength in Your Care Heddie J. Simmons, Gullah Geechee Poet Heddie J provides an uplifting and inspiring experience for caregivers through poetry that celebrates their resilience, compassion, and the transformative power embracing their authentic selves. |