After the floodwaters brought on by Hurricane Irma subsided it seemed our efforts to revive sugarcane on Sapelo Island might be over as the first […]
11.09.2017
Commentary: The legacy of Cornelia Walker Bailey, the griot of Sapelo Island
“Like most folks, I met Cornelia Walker Bailey—a dark sturdy trunk of a woman, handsome and regal—when I first set foot on the exquisite spit […]
10.25.2017
Remembering Cornelia Walker Bailey, A Giant Of Gullah Geechee Culture
On the coastal edge of Georgia sits a small, dwindling community known as the Gullah Geechee. The people in the community are direct descendants of […]
09.14.2017
Hurricane Irma Floods New SICARS Sugarcane Project
Hurricane Irma created a great deal of damage on Sapelo Island. Flood waters from the storm surge was especially damaging for many residents in the […]
08.27.2017
Red Peas Are the Backbone of an Island Community off the Georgia Coast
Sapelo, a barrier island in Georgia south of Savannah, is home to a population of people who self-identify as Geechees — descendants of slaves and […]
08.25.2017
How One Georgia Island is Fighting to Keep a Small Red Pea Alive
Sapelo Island is a 16,500-acre swath of land that sits about 60 miles down from Savannah. Reachable only by boat, the barrier island, Georgia’s fourth […]
05.26.2017
UGAMI Partners with SICARS to Plant Red Peas
The new partnership between UGAMI and SICARS took a positive step today when Professor Nik Heynen and students taking his Geography of the Georgia Coast […]
05.20.2017
SICARS Board Formally Partners with UGAMI on Peas and Cane
At a SICARS board meeting this week to discuss the future of SICARS’ efforts to reestablish sugarcane, continue to plant red peas and explore growing […]