Two recent college graduates of Davidson College say they are concerned about the future of a Georgia island they consider to be sacred land.
Victor-Alan Weeks and Jennifer Thompson spearheaded a project to establish a community garden on Sapelo Island. The island that sits on the coastal edge of Georgia in Mcintosh County is home to the Gullah-Geechee people, African Americans who are the direct descendants of West African slaves.
Weeks and Thompson say they don’t support House Bill 906 because if passed, it allows the redistribution and selling of land protected under Georgia’s Heritage Trust Program to outside buyers and developers.
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