12/27/2020
Happy Kwanzaa family & friends. Itโs now day two, Self-Determination.
Day 1 - Umoja, which stands for unity in Swahili. On the Kwanzaa site, Karenga says we should all โstrive for and maintain in the family, community, nation and race.โ
Day 2- , which means self-determination. This principle pushes our own boundaries and encourages us to define, create and speak for ourselves.
Day 3- , which is translated to mean collective work and responsibility. Karenga meant this principal to remind us of our collective responsibility to uplift our neighborhoods and to build community.
Day 4- is reflected. This word means cooperative and focuses on financial ways we can uplift our community. โTo build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together,โ Karenga said.
Day 5- which stands for purpose. According to Karenga, Nia reminds us to โmake our collective the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.โ Day 6- , which means creativity, represents the sixth day. Karenga said through a spirit of Kuumba, we should always do โas much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.โ Day 7- , which means faith.
Karenga said it is important to always show each other, as brothers and sisters, that we believe โwith all our heart in our , our , our , our and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.โ #2020
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