![]() "This is an opportunity for them to think about what they do each and every day and how that builds a sense of family unity." "As a family, we will celebrate the first day today, and with the grandchildren especially, we go around and talk about what unity means to them, and along with that, what they can do to promote unity in the family, unity in the community, and even among themselves as siblings," said Sawyer. The first day's principle is Umoja, which means Unity in Swahili. Each principle holds significant meaning in terms of building a sustaining community and working towards future progress and success. "Looking at moving away from the commercialization of Christmas to use this as a time to reflect on who we are as a people, where we come from, and those things that have kept us, to this day, strong."Įach day of the holiday is dedicated to one the Nguzo Saba, or Seven Principles. Karenga in an effort to provide a cultural and historical context to this time of celebration," said Betty Sawyer, the Executive Director for the Project Success Coalition. ![]() "Kwanzaa is a cultural celebration that starts the day after Christmas, and was founded by Dr. Maulana Karenga, the seven-day holiday calls for the African American community to celebrate and reflect on their history and reconnect with their African roots. GRAVES, SR.SALT LAKE CITY - Today marks the first day of Kwanzaa, which celebrates African culture and history here in the United States.Ĭreated in 1966 by Dr. Black Business Month Sponsored by Nationwide.The Future of Financial Services Summit.Profiles of Principled Entrepreneurship.Chasing Success Podcast by JP Morgan Chase.100 Founders of Change by American Express.Elevate Black Podcast sponsored by Fifth Third Bank.Economic Equity & Racial Justice Townhall Series.Imani (Faith): To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.ĭuring the first years Kwanzaa was recognized as a holiday, Karenga viewed the holiday as alternative to Christmas, but later changed his views stating in the 1997 book Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community, and Culture that “Kwanzaa was not created to give people an alternative to their own religion or religious holiday.”īecause of this, many African Americans observe both Christmas and Kwanzaa.Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.Ujamaa (Cooperative economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.Ujima (Collective work and responsibility): To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers’ and sisters’ problems our problems and to solve them together.Kujichagulia (Self-determination): To define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak for ourselves.Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
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