The Gullah-Geechee Ring Shout Tradition (RST) is Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of the southeastern United States with roots in West Africa and influence across contemporary music, from jazz to hip hop. In 2024, we formed a Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) with HBCU scholars and active RST practitioners. Our shared interest is to address challenges to sustaining the RST including (1) lack of intergenerational transmission and (2) limited economic opportunities. In 1980, Art Rosenbaum (UGeorgia) brought national attention to the RST, which had been a private practice shared among family members in their local church. Numerous albums, books, and documentaries followed that helped to preserve the tradition; however, award-winning organizations like the McIntosh County Shouters still struggle with sustainability. What is the future of the RST? Its legacy has been absorbed to some extent by the commercial recording industry and new Europeanized-musical interpretations. In 2019, the Kronos Quartet performed "Testimony" by Charlton Singleton, and in 2024, the Atlanta Symphony performed “Ring Shout” by Carlos Simon for Black History Month. To better understand, African-centered approaches to sustaining traditional music and dance practices, our team including members of three Gullah arts organizations visited Belize and Nigeria to interface with communities and universities actively engaged in sustaining UNESCO-recognized ICH traditions. This 90-minute workshop will include an interactive demonstration of the Ring Shout and guided participatory discussions of African-centered interventions for sustaining ICH in the United States, noting that the US is not a party to the 2003 UNESCO Convention that 161 countries have ratified.