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  • VOTE January 20th!
  • THE GRIOT Newsletter Summer 2025
    Our SUMMER 2025 newsletter, The Griot. Please take a look and catch up with what SICARS’s Board and Staff is doing. Some key highlights…… 
  • Stand With Us….
    Join us on Wednesday January 7, 2026 in Darien City Hall at the McIntosh County Tax Assessors meeting. #keepsapelogeechee #sapelostrong
  • Cultural Day 2025
    Please stay tuned for details on Cultural Day 2025, which will be postponed.
  • Hogg Hummock in Top 10 “Places in Peril”
    Acknowledging the ongoing threats to our historic community including gentrification facilitated by land loss through tax sales and zoning changes, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation‘s “Places in Peril” Program has listed our community of Hogg Hummock as one of ten “Places in Peril” for 2024. From the article: “Listed… Read more: Hogg Hummock in Top 10 “Places in Peril”
  • Cultural Day 2023 – Know before you go!
    We’re excited to see everyone this Saturday. Check the flyer below for details about your visit. More details about Cultural Day 2023 are available here.

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The Geechee Griot is SICARS’ newsletter.

A “griot” (pronounced “gree-oh”) is a storyteller/historian — and much more. In many African cultures, griots embody their ethnic heritage and share its history through words, art, music and dance. We invite you to read through our current and previous issues available below.

  • THE GRIOT Newsletter Summer 2025
    Our SUMMER 2025 newsletter, The Griot. Please take a look and catch up with what SICARS’s Board and Staff is doing. Some key highlights…… 

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