As a coastal coalition of descendants, independent organizations, environmentalists, historians, authors, naturalists, storytellers, architects, and concerned citizens, our primary mission is to act collectively to save an important feature of the Altamaha Waterfowl Management Area – Butler Island Plantation House and its natural environs, and Gullah Geechee/African American cultural memory.

By disseminating critical, factual information about House Bill 906, we invited citizen-advocates to support our Call-To-Action by using their collective voices, calling, writing letters, signing petitions, and standing with us to send a clear message to Georgia State legislators that Georgia House Bill 906 violated the state’s obligations to the Heritage Trust Program. Specifically, it was unjust as it targeted Butler Island Plantation House (Huston House) and sought to erase the history and memory of Gullah Geechee/African American people from the landscape.

The campaign to defeat HB 906 was successful. Now we are moving forward to bring together representatives of Darien City and McIntosh County government, the state of Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Butler Island descendants, concerned nonprofit organizations, and all interested citizens to create a practical plan that is respectful of this heritage.