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The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor was designated by an act of Congress on October 12, 2006 (Public Law 109-338). It was authorized as part of the National Heritage Areas Act of 2006. The Corridor was created to, among other things, recognize the important contributions made to American culture and history by African Americans known as Gullah Geechee who settled in the coastal counties of South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida.

On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Ron Daise of Beaufort, chairman of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, about the Gullah Geechee culture and the work of the commission. The commission will hold its next quarterly meeting in Conway at Cherry Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 504 Church Street at 9 a.m. The meeting is open to the public.

For more information on the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor visit:

http://gullahgeecheecorridor.org/?Itemid=102

Insight airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m., and midnight.

Radio Bahá’í did four live remote broadcasts from three events in our broadcast area, on Saturday, April 20^th, in Conway, Hartsville and Florence, South Carolina.

Reading by the river as part of the River Read Festival at the Conway Waterfront Park.

First up, Greg Kintz was at the River Read Festival in Conway, where he did two live interviews, one with event organizer, Conway City Councilwoman Barbara Blain-Olds, and the other with renowned low-country artist Jonathan Green. The River Read Festival included a character parade, mass reading of a book, a poetry slam, lots of vendors, a children’s corner that included books being read by area celebrities (including Conway’s own first responders), and much more.

Bhakti Larry Hough and the children's drum circle at the Earth Celebration in Hartsville, SC.

A little later, Bhakti Larry Hough was live from the Earth Day Celebration in Hartsville, SC, where he interviewed Mal Hyman, co-director of the event and professor at Coker College. The College sponsored this annual Earth Day Celebration at Kalmia Gardens.  Activities included music, art, canoeing, environmental displays, discussions with professors, crafts and games for kids and presentations on falconry, beekeeping and sustainable agriculture. Bhakti also participated in a drumming circle as part of the event.

Sherri picks free organic tomato plants offered by organic farmer Azziz Mustafa.

And finally, Bhakti drove to Florence where he did a live remote broadcast from the Annual Health Fair at The Steps and Stops Holistic Center at Cumberland United Methodist Church in Florence, interviewing the event organizer, Reverend Anthony Hodge. The second annual health fair promoted healthy living, with an emphasis on healthy eating. Azziz Mustafa, a Sumter organic farmer was the featured presenter. He spoke of the need for a sense of urgency about searching out healthy foods and/or growing some of one’s own food to avoid chronic illnesses brought on by diets heavy in processed foods or those grown with chemicals of various kinds. Massages and blood pressure checks and other health screenings were also offered at the health fair.