Penn Center

• Lowcountry •

Girls Trip 2021 - We explored the Sea Islands, Beaufort, and Port Royal. We stayed in the town where Harriet Tubman led the union forces and freed over 700 enslaved people. We saw two church ruins that are well over 200 years old. We visited the Penn Center where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gathered with other civil rights activists. The same place that was the first school for formally enslaved individuals in the United States and where he wrote a portion of his “I Have A Dream” speech. We explored the very area that is the heart of the Gullah culture and learned so much about the history of the Gullah Geechee culture. On our very last day, we even got to eat authentic Gullah food at The Gullah Grub.

The humidity was painful but the sights were stunning, the people were kind and welcoming, and the entire area was rich with history.

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Recent visit to the Penn Center to convene with the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

In 1862 the Penn Center became the first formal school in the south for formerly enslaved Africans and African Americans. It is located on St. Helena Island, SC

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Stitched Together in Memory & Resistance

This week, our interns and community members came together for a powerful quilting workshop led by master quilter and cultural preservationist Lisa Greene Moore (lgm1908).

Each participant created a personal quilt square, expressing stories of family, freedom, and the enduring strength of Gullah Geechee culture. These squares will be stitched into one collective community quilt—a tapestry of memory, made by many hands.

🧶 We’re proud to share that this quilt will be exhibited in 2026 at the York W. Bailey Museum at the Penn Center, alongside work from Lisa Greene Moore, as part of a larger exhibition honoring Black Southern textile traditions and the Gullah Geechee spirit of resilience.

This isn’t just fabric—it’s history in motion.
Stay tuned. The threads are coming together.

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