It Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce and Harvard University They have brought their collaboration to new heights with their last joint company focused on economic revitalization.
Since launching in 2018, Gullah Geechee’s Chamber of Commerce has focused on supporting black -owned companies and organizations that raise the Gullah community. Its mission is to improve visibility, promote profits and foster long -term success. According to Enterprise BlackThe organization and the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice at the Ivy League’s Kennedy School of Government launch a new initiative to reconstruct the financial health of residents of the Gullah Geechee community.
In a unified effort, local voices and thought leaders designed a program focused on Economic resilience and Cultural Heritage. Marilyn Hemingway, President of the Gullah Geechee Chamber, stated the power of self -determination.
“We didn’t get included. We got to integrate what we have already built,” Black Enterprise told Black.
This new development is an extension of the work that Harvard has been doing since its initial relationship with the region began in 2017. To camp efforts to support Gullah Geechee’s heritage, the school became the first institution of the Ivy League to offer in Gullah, a Criol language that fuses the African English and Western roots that year. Speaker and native linguist Sunn Me Teach the available course.
The group of community, academic and defenders leaders introduced a five -year plan to finance ongoing efforts and ensure a long -term impact. A dedicated council will supervise the work to ensure that it is rooted in the cultural values of Gullah Geechee, the preservation of the Earth and the economic progress. The aim is to create stronger links between the Gullah Geechee community, business leaders and world members throughout the diaspora, focusing on technology, cultural education and tourism as key engines of economic growth. This effort serves as a model for how historically excluded communities can take leadership in the reconstruction and formation of their economic future.
Why is it time to invest in the Gullah Geechee hallway?
Writing the deep cultural and economic roots of the Gullah Geechee runner, Cornell William Brooks of the Harvard Kennedy School emphasized the urgency and opportunity for this moment in history.
“Gullah Geechee’s runner is rich in culture, cooking and capital not made. Throughout its existence, he has fed the world with rice, resources, freedom and business fruit and entrepreneurship,” Brooks said in a statement by black company.
“In the 1700’s, the hallway was one of the richest places in America. There is no bigger moment, not a more conducive moment than to achieve an unprecedented economic development level,” added Brooks.
The team will then move to Phase II, focusing on funding, implementing plans and ensuring that Gullah Geechee leaders and community voices remain at the forefront.
