Kwanzaa means “first fruits of the harvest ... The festival honors the virtues of unity or umoja, self-determination or kujichagulia, collective work and responsibility or ujima, cooperative ...

Then Mount Pleasant’s pastor, Reverend Nyika Taylor, chose several children to bring the Kwanzaa symbols to the front. The ...

While there are still missions to be accomplished and hurdles to leap in the greater Portsmouth area, there is massive ...

The seven principles of Kwanzaa are Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self-determination), Ujima (collective work and responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity ...

The night also included the lighting of the kinara, a traditional candle symbolizing the seven principles of Kwanzaa: umoja (unity), kujichagulia (self-determination), ujima (collective work and ...

Kwanzaa is on display and celebrated every ... These principles are: Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics ...

Kwanzaa encourages people to honor seven principles, known as Nguzo Saba, including: Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-determination), Ujima (Collective work and responsibility), Ujamaa ...

Each candle symbolizes one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa –Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba and Imani. England said Umoja symbolizes the unity of race, community and family ...

“We are celebrating Kwanzaa in difficult, dangerous and demanding times [so] we must have a radical refusal to be defeated,” Karenga told 300 celebrants who converged on Union Temple Baptist Church in ...

Sabin CDC was formed in 1991 to address the housing needs of African Americans impacted by gentrification. While the center ...

(Karl Merton Ferron/Staff) The seven illuminated candles for Kwanzaa represent the principals of umoja or unity, kujichagulia or self-determination, ujima or collective work, ujamaa or cooperative ...