In the 1910’s our great great great grandfather purchased his own 40+ acres of land in Mississippi for $0.25/ acre. In 1919, a portion of the land was purchased by great great grandmother “Mama Scrap” in 1919, and then passed down to our grandmother in 1978.
In 2019, we launched phase 1 of the campaign, Sacred Resistance- Reclaim (Save the Land) exactly 100 years after the land passed to Mama Scrap, our family re-purchased and reclaimed our 5+ acre plot with the support of our community.
As a child, Mama Rev. Regina would spend every summer in Mississippi, and Ree Belle would visit Mississippi when she became a child and dream of that land becoming a space where we could live, grow, and sustain. That dream is finally coming true.
