The latest edition of our newsletter, The Griot, is out now for our members and the broader interested public to read. Please take a look and catch up with what SICARS’s Board and Staff is doing. Some key highlights in this edition include Culture Day 2022, heirs’ property, new faces, and fundraising. Download and get […]
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Please consider taking a 10-question survey based on information collected during listening sessions regarding McIntosh County’s zoning ordinance update and structured around the “Working Draft Report – Sapelo/Hog Hammock Zoning Recommendations” (December 2021), available online and by request to Alice@OneHundredMiles.org. For each of the 10 questions, indicate if you agree with the recommendation or if you
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Greetings SICARS Members, Donors, and Friends – Please enjoy the GRIOT Newsletter Winter 2022 Vol 2 attached! In this issue… PAFEN pays back taxes; New faces on the island; Learn more about the Gullah Geechee Legal Defense Fund Grant. Please share with friends, family, and other potential supporters. Thanks again for your Support!Kind regards,SICARS
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Greetings SICARS Members and Supporters, You’re invited to register and attend upcoming ‘Free’ workshops on Heirs Property impacts, prevention, and proper planning sponsored by SICARS. The first of three workshops in this series starts this upcoming Saturday October 16, so please register asap so that you can take advantage of all three events. Please see
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Hello everyone, Please note that there is an informational meeting on proposed zoning ordinance changes to Hog Hammock and the greater McIntosh Counter region coming up soon. We will host several key people from the county for a Q&A at the community center. More details in the flyer.
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Announced publicly today, SICARS received a small grant from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. The announcement is part of $3 million in grants awarded to 40 sites and organizations. The award will help SICARS achieve our mission of protecting and preserving Geechee culture on Sapelo Island. Developers and gentrification have long threatened Gullah
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We are excited to share the Spring 2021 edition of our newsletter, The Geechee Griot. 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
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We are excited to announce a grant award to Sicars from the Southern Partners Fund. SICARS wasawarded a grant disbursement of $40,000. The funds will be used for a number of projects, operational,and organizational needs including; but not limited to; the installation of an air conditioning and heatingsystem in the SICARS office. We are truly
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Today, February 23, 2021, the Sapelo Island Cultural & Revitalization Society remembers and honors the life of a Sapelo Island Descendant, Ahmaud Arbery. On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud went on his usual run only to be hunted by three white men with trucks and guns and lynched in broad daylight on a Sunday afternoon. SICARS
Help – Immediate Threat to Historical Hogg Hummock Community on Sapelo Island WATCH May 8, 2020 meeting with Army Corps Write to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers TODAY! The practice of non-descendants purchasing property for vacation destinations or rentals on Sapelo Island in the community of Hog Hammock has been underway for a number of
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