Da Geechee Experience Podcast

In this episode we introduce yall to how Gullah Geechee people speak today, tap in --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/geechee-experience/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geechee-experience/support

In this episode we discuss the removal of a statue that displayed a know racist in the Charleston South Carolina. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/geechee-experience/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geechee-experience/support

Let's face the majority of "essential" workers are people that live in low income communities making $30,000/year or less and living paycheck to paycheck. In these "essential fields of work many family members still have to go into the brick and mortar building where the risk of contact with infected individuals is higher than if working from home. In this episode we talk about.... Who are the essential workers? Why are they so essential? How are they affected by this pandemic health wise and financially? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/geechee-experience/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geechee-experience/support

THE GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE The Gullah Geechee people are descendants of Africans who were enslaved on the rice, indigo and Sea Island cotton plantations of the lower Atlantic coast.  Many came from the rice-growing region of West Africa.  The nature of their enslavement on isolated island and coastal plantations created a unique culture with deep African retentions that are clearly visible in the Gullah Geechee people’s distinctive arts, crafts, foodways,  music, and  language. source (https://gullahgeecheecorridor.org/thegullahgeechee/) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/geechee-experience/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geechee-experience/support