Lost Ships Can Still Be Guided Home with a Lil Imani
Imani (Faith): To believe with all our hearts in our people and the righteousness and victory of our struggle “Affirmation” by Assata Shakur I believe in living.I believe in the
Kuumba-yah and Polish Yo Hood
Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it Tomorrow is the first day of 2023. You
(Re)Rooted in Nia with Hoodoo
Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness “True greatness and growth never occur
Ujamaa Got Dem Dey 40 Acres and a Mule
:: To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together We know about Black Wall Street, and I hope we know there
Ujima Told Me To Tell You We Gon Be Aight
Ujima: to build and maintain our community together and make our community’s problems our problems and to solve them together According to the official Kwanzaa website (That’s the actual name
Recognize Dat Kujichagulia
:: To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves Zora Neale Hurston, describing her childhood, said “My soul was with the gods and my body in
Umoja on the Other Side of the Tracks
Umoja: to strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race When we think of unity in our communities, the Civil Rights Movement undoubtedly comes to mind.