“This is a creole culture and what it takes is a great ability to adapt and a willingness to do so, and still hold on.”
Natalie Daise (nah-tah-lee dayz), story-teller, artist
“If you can’t hold onto the land, you can’t hold onto the culture.”
Jabari Moketsi (jah-bahr-ee moh-ket-see), publisher Gullah Sentinel newspaper
“Mine is a living culture, not one of some 200 years ago. It's a culture that continues to shape our surroundings.”
Ron Daise (ron dayz), singer, culture preservationist
“We must tell our stories and govern our own community as our foreparents did. We know that 'empty sak cyan stan upright lone.’”
Marquetta L. Goodwine (Queen Quet) (mahr-ket-tah el good-wine kween kwet), preservationist