“We must tell our stories and govern our own community as our foreparents did. We know that 'empty sak cyan stan upright lone.’”

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Marquetta L. Goodwine (Queen Quet) (mahr-ket-tah el good-wine kween kwet)

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IMAGE SOURCE: “Queen Quet Marquetta L. Goodwine.” Keeping History Above Water conference. Newport Restoration Foundation. 2019. | TEXT SOURCE: ”Low Country Gullah Culture.” National Parks Service. July 2005.

IMAGE SOURCE: “Queen Quet Marquetta L. Goodwine.” Keeping History Above Water conference. Newport Restoration Foundation. 2019. | TEXT SOURCE: ”Low Country Gullah Culture.” National Parks Service. July 2005.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “Thus the community must and is coming together to hold up all ends and to hold pon we culcha.””

QUOTE QUESTION: How does your community come together to tell the stories of your foreparents?

IMAGE CONTEXT: Home page photo for “The Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition”workshops at Keeping History Above Water conferences.

IMAGE QUESTION: What earth and water place holds your attention and love?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a National Parks Service report. The photo is from an online conference brochure published by a foundation concerned with the impact of sea level rise on historic coastal communities and their built environments.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do you decide which governmental and NGO institutions can help to extend the stories of your People?

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