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Kwanzaa Celebration
Presented by South Bend Chapter Indiana Black Expo
Tuesday, December 29
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - Community Learning Center
Ballroom (A+B Combined), Leighton AuditoriumJoin us for the annual Kwanzaa Celebration honoring African heritage! Hosted by the South Bend Chapter Indiana Black Expo, Inc.
The annual Kwanzaa Celebration hosted by the South Bend Chapter Indiana Black Expo, Inc. will be held on Tuesday, December 29th at 6:00pm-8:00pm at the St. Joseph County Public Library Auditorium (305 S. Michigan St. South Bend, IN 46601).
The lighting of candles and the meaning of the seven principles of Kwanzaa will be presented as well as musical entertainment and refreshments. Many local community members and organizations will be honored according to the principles of Kwanzaa. A community feast will be after the ceremony in the Ballroom. This is a family-friendly event. All are welcome!
Kwanzaa (/ˈkwɑːn.zə/) is a week-long celebration held in the United States and in other nations where people of African ancestry live. The celebration honors African heritage and is observed from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a feast and gift-giving. Kwanzaa has seven core principles (Nguzo Saba). It was created by Maulana Karenga and was first celebrated in 1966–67.
Seven Principles of Kwanzaa:
Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): To define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak for ourselves.
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.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
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.
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.
AGE GROUP: | All Ages |
EVENT TYPE: | Language & Culture |
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