With the spring semester underway, NKU is gearing up for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, a series of ...

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 ...

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

“It took self-determination to make it a school.” The seven principles of Kwanzaa include umoja (unity), kugichagulia (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 ...

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 ...

Born and raised in Arizona, her chosen first name echoed the symbolic meaning dedicated to the first day of Kwanzaa — Umoja, or Unity. "I learned about Kwanzaa last year," she said. "We're so ...