Georgette’s Tea Room House opened in 1940 as a guest house and meeting spot for Black entertainers and community activists. The two-story building with thirteen rooms and 4,100 square-foot house would serve breakfast, lunch, tea and boarding to visitors and guests. It is remembered as a significant meeting place for Miami’s Black cultural community.
Georgette’s Tea Room House is a significant cultural landmark with architectural character and a lasting community legacy.
Urgent help is needed for Academic and Institutional purposes. To restore the building to its original structure, it requires careful engineering and architectural evaluation.
Preserving the site is not only a matter of repairing materials; it is also a commitment to retaining a place where community history unfolded.
To restore the building to its original structure requires careful engineering and architectural evaluation. Meeting those
needs requires funds to ensure that all plans are in accordance with current building codes and historic preservation. The estimated cost is $1.5 million.
Gullah Galz Ink is dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and promoting Gullah/Geechee and African Diaspora heritage through research, cultural informatics, creative production, and community-centered engagement. Our goal is to provide accurate and meaningful cultural resources that honor ancestral knowledge and support lifelong learning.
We provide a wide range of services including cultural heritage research, content development, librarianship and informatics support, guided tours, genealogical assistance, Gullah Roots exploration, artistic productions, and a curated marketplace of culturally inspired goods.
“Tours & Tings” refers to our immersive cultural experiences, including curated heritage tours, community excursions, educational activities, and cultural storytelling sessions that highlight Gullah/Geechee lifeways, history, and contributions.
Yes. Our Gullah Roots services support individuals and families seeking to trace their lineage, understand their ancestral connections, and access reliable archival, oral history, and historical records related to Gullah/Geechee and African Diaspora heritage.
Cultural informatics involves using technology, data systems, and digital tools to preserve, interpret, and share cultural heritage. We apply this through digital archiving, multimedia storytelling, metadata creation, and building online resources that enhance cultural accessibility and education.
We rely on rigorous research methods, primary-source documentation, collaboration with cultural bearers, and professional information science standards to ensure that all materials are culturally accurate, respectful, and grounded in ancestral knowledge.
Absolutely. We create customized educational content, workshops, digital exhibits, curriculum materials, research reports, and multimedia resources tailored to schools, universities, museums, libraries, and community organizations.
Yes. We provide customized trainings for churches, schools, nonprofits, and community-based organizations. Topics include trauma-informed care, mental health awareness, cultural humility, and wellness practices.
Yes. We provide virtual workshops, cultural lectures, digital genealogy sessions, and online educational content for individuals, schools, and organizations who prefer or require remote learning.
You can support our work by booking services, purchasing Marketplace products, attending workshops and tours, sharing our mission, or collaborating on cultural projects. Your engagement helps us continue preserving and uplifting Gullah/Geechee and African Diaspora heritage.
