Planning with Gullah/Geechee Communities in Northeast Florida panel resources

February 15, 2022

Planning with Gullah/Geechee Communities in Northeast Florida panel resources

Today Representative Glenda Simmons-Jenkins and I are part of a panel for the American Planning Association of Florida (APA Florida) Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee entitled "Planning with Gullah/Geechee Communities in Northeast Florida." It is an honor for me indeed to be part of the panel, and the whole series. I encourage you to view all the videos if you missed any session, see link to APA Florida website here.

Representative Jenkins shared links during the talk, and with her permission I have shared them below, for easy reference to return and add them as resources to our ongoing education of heritage issues in Florida.

Saving Gullah/Geechee traditions

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2021/10/13/guest-column-build-back-better-act-saves-gullah-geechee-people/5988899001/

Presidential memorandum

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/memorandum-on-redressing-our-nations-and-the-federal-governments-history-of-discriminatory-housing-practices-and-policies/?utm_source=link

Highway robbery

https://www.monitorsaintpaul.com/stories/america-will-be-at-war-with-itself-until-it-reconciles-discriminatory-land-practices,4439

Healing infrastructure damage

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2021/12/06/could-bidens-infrastructure-bill-help-heal-the-scars-highways-created/

Segregated housing policy

https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america

Season 2 Episode 6, Government Fostered Segregation. "Black History, Black Freedom, and Black Love," MasterClass

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B09Q578TL9/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s2

Green Gentrification Toolkit

https://create.umn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sharing_in_the_benefits_of_a_greening_city_-_final_web.pdf

WEBE Gullah/Geechee: Cultural Capital & Collaboration Anthology

https://gullahgeechee.ecwid.com/#!/WEBE-Gullah-Geechee-Cultural-Capital-&-Collaboration-Anthology/p/46757092/category=0

Thank you to Representative Jenkins for sharing this information with us today. And thanks to all presenters for furthering my own education and awareness of these significant issues and case studies in Florida.