Happy Kwanzaa Cooperative Economics/Ujamaa: Sharing and pooling our financial resources and goods and services for the common benefit of family and community participants with the goal of building and sustaining cooperative economic enterprises Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics Message The practice of mutual aid, Cooperative Economics, by traditional Africans gave recognition and worth to members of the...
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Happy Kwanzaa Collective Work and Responsibility/Ujima: Investing collectively in our family’s and community’s well-being, and working in mutual beneficial way to create the best conditions and possibilities of life for everyone Ujima/Collective Work & Responsibility Message Collective work and responsibility is a powerful force in the construction of family and community, and in healthy...
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Happy Kwanzaa Unity/Umoja Building and fostering harmonious, positive, and warm, relationships and attachments in the family, school, neighborhood, and large national community Unity Day Message On this the first day of Kwanzaa, we come together to celebrate the joy of living together as family. The focus of this first day of Kwanzaa is the...
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Inasmuch as Kwanzaa is a holiday which stresses and reinforces family bonding and attachment as well as child and adult development, we thought it prudent and instructive to discuss ways to make the Kwanzaa celebration for children rewarding and memorable. First, children of all ages should help to set-up the Kwanzaa Set. This is...
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Seven Candles Kwanzaa symbols make up the “Kwanzaa Set” and are an essential part of the Kwanzaa celebration. Kwanzaa symbols are representations of the best of who we are and echo our highest ideals. Kwanzaa symbols reinforce the values, concepts and themes of the Kwanzaa holiday. The symbols also are instructive, furnishing lessons and...
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I am because we are and because we are I am Kwanzaa symbols make up the “Kwanzaa Set” and are an essential part of the Kwanzaa celebration. Kwanzaa symbols are representations of the best of who we are and echo our highest ideals. Kwanzaa symbols reinforce the values, concepts and themes of the Kwanzaa...
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Kwanzaa symbols make up the “Kwanzaa Set” and are an essential part of the Kwanzaa celebration. Kwanzaa symbols are representations of the best of who we are and echo our highest ideals. Kwanzaa symbols reinforce the values, concepts and themes of the Kwanzaa holiday. The symbols also are instructive, furnishing lessons and narratives which...
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Kwanzaa symbols make up the “Kwanzaa Set” and are an essential part of the Kwanzaa celebration. Kwanzaa symbols are representations of the best of who we are and echo our highest ideals. Kwanzaa symbols reinforce the values, concepts and themes of the Kwanzaa holiday. The symbols also are instructive, furnishing lessons and narratives which...
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Kwanzaa symbols make up the “Kwanzaa Set” and are an essential part of the Kwanzaa celebration. Kwanzaa symbols are representations of the best of who we are and echo our highest ideals. Kwanzaa symbols reinforce the values, concepts and themes of the Kwanzaa holiday. The symbols also are instructive, furnishing lessons and narratives which...
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Kwanzaa symbols make up the “Kwanzaa Set” and are essential to the Kwanzaa celebration. Kwanzaa symbols are representations of the best of who we are and echo our highest ideals. Kwanzaa symbols reinforce the values, concepts and themes of the Kwanzaa holiday. Symbol One: Mat/Mkeka -African/American Tradition and History Explanation: This Kwanzaa symbol is...
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