Thanks, Fannie Marie Jackson Gibbs, for the first WWALS Webinar 2024-01-11.

Fannie Gibbs, first WWALS Webinar and sample slides

Fannie Marie Jackson Gibbs of Brooks County, Georgia, has long been active in issues near the Little and Withlacoochee Rivers, especially involving African-American family history. She talked about Brooks County Georgia Settlers, family history, Old and New Macedonia Cemeteries, the Little River, Okapilco Creek, the annual Juneteenth celebrations she organizes at Reed Bingham State Park Lake where WWALS brings boats, and the ongoing sewage problems in Quitman.

Here’s the video:

Video: Fannie Gibbs Begins WWALS Webinars 2024-01-11
Video by John S. Quarterman for WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS).

The slides we used are on the WWALS website in PowerPoint and PDF as well as individual images.

Stay tuned for the next WWALS Webinar, noon to 1 PM, Thursday, February 8 15, 2024.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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