Cornelia Walker Bailey was an inspiring storyteller and politically engaged resident of Sapelo Island’s Hog Hammock community who fought for the cultural survival of one the most intact remaining Gullah-Geechee communities in the United States. She passed away on October 15, 2017.
Working in a model of community-based social science, UGAMI’s Cornelia Walker Bailey Program on Land and Agriculture seeks to address important questions on the history, present status, and future of agriculture, property politics and related issues on Sapelo Island.
The program will facilitate meaningful partnerships among UGAMI faculty and students, the staff of the State of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources, the staff of the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve and residents of the Hog Hammock community.
