Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa Ujima Collective
Kwanzaa Week Activities
26 December 2009 - 1 January 2010
A Celebration of
Family, Community & Culture
Saturday, December 26, 2009, 6:30-9:00pm
Monday, December 28, 12:00noon - 8:00pm
Umoja (Unity)
Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility)
Nia (Purpose)
Kwanzaa Ujima Holiday Expo
Kwanzaa Libation for Halifu
Umoja (Unity) Night
Candle Lighting Ceremony
& Celebration
Candle Lighting Ceremony, music, refreshments,
poetry and wishes for community unity from
community leaders, organizations and persons to
mark the beginning of Kwanzaa. In the spirit of
Umoja (Unity), the community is asked to bring
clean, warm blankets and clothing for the needy.
Kwanzaa Ujima Holiday Expo with lectures on health
and healing, food demonstrations, live performances
and craft workshops.
Wednesday, December 30, 6:30-8:30pm
An evening of remembrance for Tommy JacquetteHalifu with libation, music, comments, candle lighting ceremony and refreshments.
Sponsored by: KRST Unity Center of Afrakan Spiritual
Science
Sponsored by: Watts Summer Festival
Location: 7825 South Western Avenue
Los Angeles, 90043
For more information: (323) 759-7567
Location: African American Cultural Center
3018 West 48th Street, Los Angeles, 90043
For more information: (323) 789-7304
Sponsored by: Kwanzaa Ujima Collective
Thursday, December 31, 6:00-9:00pm
Location: California African American Museum
600 State Dr., Exposition Park, Los Angeles 90037
For more information: (323) 299-6124
Tuesday, December 29, 5:00--6:00pm
Kuumba (Creativity)
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
43rd Annual Kwanzaa Karamu (Feast)
Saturday, December 26 and
Sunday December 27, 10:00am-6:00pm
A Kwanzaa Festival
The finest of African foods, dancing, drumming,
music and poetry. Featured artists include Asha’s Baba,
The Shimo Dancers and Teye Sa Thiosanne African
Drummers and Dance Ensemble
Kwanzaa Heritage Festival
Candle Lighting Ceremony, live entertainment,
children’s activities, food court, arts and crafts
marketplace
Sponsored by: Kwanzaa Heritage Festival
Location: Leimert Park Village Vision Lot
43rd Street and Degnan Blvd
For more information: (213) 955-5239
Sunday, December 27, 6:30--7:45pm
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)
Lifting Up the Light and
Beauty of Kwanzaa
Candle Lighting Ceremony, African American
Narratives, Speakers, Refreshments
Including a Libation Ceremony, Candle Lighting
Ceremony, music and dance
Sponsored by: Jendayi Collection and Baldwin
Hills Crenshaw Plaza
Location: Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
Bradley Court
For more information: (323) 290-6636
Organizers and Hosts
The Kwanzaa Ujima Collective:
African American Cultural Center (Us), Brotherhood
Crusade, Jendayi Collection, KRST Unity Center of
Afrakan Spiritual Science, Kwanzaa Heritage Festival,
Los Angeles Sentinel, Us, and Zambezi Bazaar.
Co-Sponsors: Sen. Rod. D. Wright and
The Bakewell Company
Media Sponsors: KJLH and the Los Angeles Sentinel
Location: 4334 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, 90008
For more information: (323) 299-6383
Kwanzaa Ujima Collective
Uniting and Working Together in the Spirit
of the 43rd Anniversary of Kwanzaa
3018 West 48th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90043
(323) 299-6124 • fax (323) 299-0261
www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org
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Location: Friendship Auditorium
3201 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles 90027
For tickets and more information: (323) 299-6124
Friday, January 1
Imani (Faith)
Sponsored by: Zambezi Bazaar
For more information on Kwanzaa visit:
Sponsored by: The Organization Us
Dr. Maulana Karenga, creator of Kwanzaa, and Tiamoyo
Karenga discussing Kwanzaa with children from the
Kawaida School of African American Culture.
The Day of Meditation
A special day of remembrance, reflection and
recommitment to our highest values as persons and a
people - a quiet and peaceful time of turning inward.
Kwanzaa is an African American and pan-African
cultural holiday which celebrates family, community
and culture. It is based on African first harvest celebrations organized around five fundamental kinds
of activities: ingathering of the people, special reverence for the creator and creation; commemoration
of the past; recommitment to the highest African
cultural values; and celebration of the Good. Building on this ancient tradition, Dr. Maulana Karenga
created Kwanzaa in 1966 as an act of cultural
recovery and reconstruction. A seven-day holiday,
Kwanzaa is celebrated from December 26 to January
1 and is structured around seven core communitarian African values, The Nguzo Saba (The Seven
Principles) which are directed toward reinforcing
family, community and culture. The Nguzo Saba are:
Umoja (Unity); Kujichagulia (Self-determination);
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility); Ujamaa
(Cooperative Economics); Nia (Purpose); Kuumba
(Creativity); and Imani (Faith).
www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org/NguzoSaba.shtml
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