🚨Georgia’s #GullahGeechee community on #SapeloIsland — descendants of enslaved West Africans — is under threat.🚨
The SPLC is proud to fight in court to defend the community 🤝. Learn more about the case: www.splcenter.org/resources/ci...
#SPLCGA #LandJustice
The SPLC is proud to fight in court to defend the community 🤝. Learn more about the case: www.splcenter.org/resources/ci...
#SPLCGA #LandJustice
September 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🚨Georgia’s #GullahGeechee community on #SapeloIsland — descendants of enslaved West Africans — is under threat.🚨
The SPLC is proud to fight in court to defend the community 🤝. Learn more about the case: www.splcenter.org/resources/ci...
#SPLCGA #LandJustice
The SPLC is proud to fight in court to defend the community 🤝. Learn more about the case: www.splcenter.org/resources/ci...
#SPLCGA #LandJustice
🚨 #Georgia’s #SapeloIsland — one of few intact #GullahGeechee communities — is under threat.
They're fighting zoning changes that will make way for wealthy newcomers while pushing out long-standing families.
The first story in “Gullah-Geechee vs. Greed” 📲: https://bit.ly/3VQh79X
They're fighting zoning changes that will make way for wealthy newcomers while pushing out long-standing families.
The first story in “Gullah-Geechee vs. Greed” 📲: https://bit.ly/3VQh79X
October 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🚨 #Georgia’s #SapeloIsland — one of few intact #GullahGeechee communities — is under threat.
They're fighting zoning changes that will make way for wealthy newcomers while pushing out long-standing families.
The first story in “Gullah-Geechee vs. Greed” 📲: https://bit.ly/3VQh79X
They're fighting zoning changes that will make way for wealthy newcomers while pushing out long-standing families.
The first story in “Gullah-Geechee vs. Greed” 📲: https://bit.ly/3VQh79X
#SapeloIsland is one of the last intact Gullah-Geechee communities in the South. Today, they're defending their land and legacy.
Take a listen to the latest #ApathyIsNotAnOption episode, featuring advocate Josiah “Jazz” Watts of "The Sapelo Project."
🎙️: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U
Take a listen to the latest #ApathyIsNotAnOption episode, featuring advocate Josiah “Jazz” Watts of "The Sapelo Project."
🎙️: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U
July 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
#SapeloIsland is one of the last intact Gullah-Geechee communities in the South. Today, they're defending their land and legacy.
Take a listen to the latest #ApathyIsNotAnOption episode, featuring advocate Josiah “Jazz” Watts of "The Sapelo Project."
🎙️: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U
Take a listen to the latest #ApathyIsNotAnOption episode, featuring advocate Josiah “Jazz” Watts of "The Sapelo Project."
🎙️: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U
Behind #SapeloIsland, #Georgia's harmful zoning ordinance are forces aiming to deprive the native islanders of their birthright: land passed down to them by their ancestors.
Read the final story in the “#GullahGeechee vs. Greed” series on the fight to preserve the community:https://bit.ly/49itWl5
Read the final story in the “#GullahGeechee vs. Greed” series on the fight to preserve the community:https://bit.ly/49itWl5
October 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Behind #SapeloIsland, #Georgia's harmful zoning ordinance are forces aiming to deprive the native islanders of their birthright: land passed down to them by their ancestors.
Read the final story in the “#GullahGeechee vs. Greed” series on the fight to preserve the community:https://bit.ly/49itWl5
Read the final story in the “#GullahGeechee vs. Greed” series on the fight to preserve the community:https://bit.ly/49itWl5
The Gullah-Geechee residents of #Georgia’s #SapeloIsland are descendants of people who built lives there 150+ years ago after emancipation.
Read how the SPLC is standing alongside families fighting in court to protect their homes, culture and legacy 📲: https://bit.ly/4hpZzeQ
Read how the SPLC is standing alongside families fighting in court to protect their homes, culture and legacy 📲: https://bit.ly/4hpZzeQ
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Gullah-Geechee residents of #Georgia’s #SapeloIsland are descendants of people who built lives there 150+ years ago after emancipation.
Read how the SPLC is standing alongside families fighting in court to protect their homes, culture and legacy 📲: https://bit.ly/4hpZzeQ
Read how the SPLC is standing alongside families fighting in court to protect their homes, culture and legacy 📲: https://bit.ly/4hpZzeQ
The SPLC is working alongside residents of Sapelo Island to preserve their birthright: the property their formerly enslaved ancestors left for them, the generational wealth it represents and the power to shape the future of their ancestral land.
https://bit.ly/3VQh79X
https://bit.ly/3VQh79X
May 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
On Sapelo Island, GA, the Gullah Geechee cultural tradition of sweet grass basketry is still a rich traditional craft. Yvonne Grovner is considered a master of this folk art form. #Folklore #GeorgiaFolklore #GullahGeechee #SapeloIsland #YvonneGrovner
November 10, 2024 at 12:52 PM
On Sapelo Island, GA, the Gullah Geechee cultural tradition of sweet grass basketry is still a rich traditional craft. Yvonne Grovner is considered a master of this folk art form. #Folklore #GeorgiaFolklore #GullahGeechee #SapeloIsland #YvonneGrovner
👇🇺🇸"Seven dead, six critically injured after gangway collapses in Georgia" #GangwayTragedy #Georgia
#SapeloIsland
#SapeloIsland
Seven dead, six critically injured after gangway collapses in Georgia
At least 20 people went into the water when the gangway on Sapelo Island collapsed, state officials said.
www.nbcnews.com
October 20, 2024 at 2:25 PM
👇🇺🇸"Seven dead, six critically injured after gangway collapses in Georgia" #GangwayTragedy #Georgia
#SapeloIsland
#SapeloIsland
"I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve." George Bernard Shaw
The Sapelo Island Lighthouse on Georgia's Coast ☀️💛
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#Georgia #DigitalArt #Art #Lighthouse #GeorgiaCoast #SapeloIsland #Coastal
The Sapelo Island Lighthouse on Georgia's Coast ☀️💛
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#Georgia #DigitalArt #Art #Lighthouse #GeorgiaCoast #SapeloIsland #Coastal
October 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve." George Bernard Shaw
The Sapelo Island Lighthouse on Georgia's Coast ☀️💛
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#Georgia #DigitalArt #Art #Lighthouse #GeorgiaCoast #SapeloIsland #Coastal
The Sapelo Island Lighthouse on Georgia's Coast ☀️💛
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#Georgia #DigitalArt #Art #Lighthouse #GeorgiaCoast #SapeloIsland #Coastal
An Endangered Southern Citrus Tree Created The Aperitivo You’ll Love More Than Aperol #SapeloIsland #SaltwaterGeechee #GullahGeechee
An Endangered Southern Citrus Tree Created The Aperitivo You’ll Love More Than Aperol
Athens, Georgia-based Creature Comforts Brewing Company launched an aperitivo that’s sold in partnership with Save Our Legacy Ourself, or SOLO, a nonprofit working to preserve the heritage, agricultur...
www.southernliving.com
September 14, 2026 at 2:19 AM
An Endangered Southern Citrus Tree Created The Aperitivo You’ll Love More Than Aperol #SapeloIsland #SaltwaterGeechee #GullahGeechee
"The African American people are the Spirit of Sapelo" #SapeloIsland #GullahGeechee
The Spirit of Sapelo
YouTube video by Creature Comforts Brewing Co.
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August 28, 2026 at 7:58 PM
"The African American people are the Spirit of Sapelo" #SapeloIsland #GullahGeechee
August 12, 2026 at 12:22 PM
GMEN is headed to Sapelo Island. On July 17, GMEN CEO Elizabeth Wilson will visit Sapelo Island as part of GMEN's continued expansion across Coastal Georgia. The purpose is simple: listen, learn, and build relationships. Visit GMEN at https://gmen.org/connect-with-gmen-1
#GMEN30 #SapeloIsland
#GMEN30 #SapeloIsland
July 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
GMEN is headed to Sapelo Island. On July 17, GMEN CEO Elizabeth Wilson will visit Sapelo Island as part of GMEN's continued expansion across Coastal Georgia. The purpose is simple: listen, learn, and build relationships. Visit GMEN at https://gmen.org/connect-with-gmen-1
#GMEN30 #SapeloIsland
#GMEN30 #SapeloIsland
Estuaries: A sense of place #SapeloIsland #McIntoshCountyGeorgia and connections to #CarlowIreland through slaveholder #PierceButler #speirgorm youtu.be/smzbJLYCnEI?...
Estuaries: A Sense of Place Trailer
YouTube video by Sapelo NERR
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August 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Estuaries: A sense of place #SapeloIsland #McIntoshCountyGeorgia and connections to #CarlowIreland through slaveholder #PierceButler #speirgorm youtu.be/smzbJLYCnEI?...
Shame on #mcintoshCountyGa. While the people of #SapeloIsland are still voting to repeal a zoning change that would devastate the Gullah Geechee community in favor of developers, the board is trying to pass another, worse one, as well as astronomically raising taxes.
January 12, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Shame on #mcintoshCountyGa. While the people of #SapeloIsland are still voting to repeal a zoning change that would devastate the Gullah Geechee community in favor of developers, the board is trying to pass another, worse one, as well as astronomically raising taxes.
At least 7 dead after FERRY DOCK GANGWAY collapses on #Georgia's Sapelo Island
At least 20 people went into the water when the #gangway on #SapeloIsland collapsed, state officials said.
www.nbcdfw.com/news/nationa...
At least 20 people went into the water when the #gangway on #SapeloIsland collapsed, state officials said.
www.nbcdfw.com/news/nationa...
At least 7 dead after ferry dock gangway collapses on Georgia's Sapelo Island
Authorities say at least seven people were killed Saturday after part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island.
www.nbcdfw.com
October 20, 2024 at 12:50 AM
At least 7 dead after FERRY DOCK GANGWAY collapses on #Georgia's Sapelo Island
At least 20 people went into the water when the #gangway on #SapeloIsland collapsed, state officials said.
www.nbcdfw.com/news/nationa...
At least 20 people went into the water when the #gangway on #SapeloIsland collapsed, state officials said.
www.nbcdfw.com/news/nationa...
ICMYI, Sapelo Island went to the state Supreme Court this week – seemingly all of Sapelo. Dozens of residents either watched in the chambers or stood out front holding “STAND WITH SAPELO” signs. As for the ruling … be patient. The deadline is Nov. 18. #sapeloisland
www.ajc.com/news/georgia...
www.ajc.com/news/georgia...
Constitution in focus as Georgia Supreme Court hears Sapelo Island case
Georgia Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments Wednesday in an appeal of a lower court ruling that halted a referendum led by Sapelo Island residents.
www.ajc.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
ICMYI, Sapelo Island went to the state Supreme Court this week – seemingly all of Sapelo. Dozens of residents either watched in the chambers or stood out front holding “STAND WITH SAPELO” signs. As for the ruling … be patient. The deadline is Nov. 18. #sapeloisland
www.ajc.com/news/georgia...
www.ajc.com/news/georgia...