Please, join SOCAN on April 21st from 11 am to 12 pm for a Stakeholder Townhall virtual meeting addressing urban and subsistence fishing as well as using non-traditional tools to engage community stakeholders in the effort to create sustainable practices in the face of acidifying coastal waters.
Our two guest presenters are Queen Quet of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Nation (https://gullahgeecheenation.com/gullahgeechee-sea-island-coalition/) and Dr. NoÑlle Boucquey from Eckerd College (https://boucqueylab.eckerd.edu/). Please sign up for SOCAN email updates (https://www.socan.secoora.org/) to receive the full flyer announcement for this webinar.
Queen Quet will present "De Wata Bring We: Changing Ocean and Impacts on the Culture of the Gullah/Geechee." This interactive presentation will center on community engagement and capacity building on the Sea Islands as a climate action strategy to protect the ocean and the Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage of the coast. Learn about the how traditional knowledge is an important aspect of planning for the sustainability of the ocean.
Dr. Boucquey will present her talk "Urban Fishing and Community Wellbeing" which explores preliminary results from two years of surveying and interviewing urban fishers in Tampa Bay, FL. She discusses the demographics of shore-side fishers and the multiple ways that fishing contributes to their wellbeing. She also raises questions about interactions between fishing spaces and infrastructures, social policies, and community wellbeing.