HAPPY KWANZAA

The Seven Principles (Nguzo Saba) of Kwanzaa are:

DEC 26 - Umoja (oo-MOH-jah): Unity
Success starts with Unity. Unity of family, community, nation and race.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! BIG BROTHER KRUZE

DEC 27 - Kujichagulia (koo-jee-chah-goo-LEE-ah): Self-Determination
To be responsible for ourselves. To create your own destiny.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! BIG BROTHER JOVON


DEC 28 - Ujima (oo-JEE-mah): Collective work and responsibility
To build and maintain your community together. To work together to help one another within your community.


DEC 29 - Ujamaa (oo-jah-MAH): Collective economics
To build, maintain, and support our own stores, establishments, and businesses.


DEC 30 - Nia (NEE-ah): Purpose
To restore African American people to their traditional greatness. To be responsible to Those Who Came Before (our ancestors) and to Those Who Will Follow (our descendants).


DEC 31 - Kuumba (koo-OOM-bah): Creativity
Using creativity and imagination to make your communities better than what you inherited.


JAN 1 - Imani (ee-MAH-nee): Faith
Believing in our people, our families, our educators, our leaders, and the righteousness of the African American struggle.