Habari Gani? Peace!
Matunde ya yenu iwe na heri, Kwanzaa - "Best Wishes, Happy Kwanzaa
Satu, mun gode don halita! - "Thank You, in the name of the ancestors!"
Ankh, Wdja, Seneb, - "I wish you Life, Health, and Prosperity"
- Hawey AlAman
Habari Gani means, “What’s the news?” During Kwanzaa, you are to respond with the principle of the day (i.e. on Saturday December 27, the response is “Kujichagulia”). Below is a list of Kwanzaa events happening in the Bay Area this year. Peace.
-Brother Reggie, on behalf of Harambee & The Black Hour Radio Show.
BAY AREA KWANZAA CELEBRATIONS 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008 to Thursday, January 1, 2009
UMOJA ~ UNITY
Friday, December 26
San Francisco/Penninsula
1 p.m.
San Francisco City Hall
One Carlton Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA
7 p.m.
Bethel AME Church
916 Laguna St. San Francisco
East Bay
7 p.m.
Youth Uprising
8711 MacArthur Ave. Oakland, CA (Next to Castlemont High School)
*HOSTED BY WOSÉ COMMUNITY: HOUSE OF AMEN RA
KUJICHAGULIA ~ SELF-DETERMINATION
Saturday ~ December 27
San Francisco/Penninsula
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Booker T. Washington Community Center
800 Presidio Ave. San Francisco
7 p.m.
Tulip Jones Women's Club
1310 Bay Road. East Palo Alto, CA 94303
*HOSTED BY THE NAIROBI KWANZAA COMMITTEE
650.325.5532~650.799.4828
East Bay
7 p.m.
East Bay Church of Religious Science
4130 Telegraph Avenue ~ Oakland, CA 94303
510.420.1003
*HOSTED BY THE EAST BAY CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE
UJIMA ~ COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY
Sunday, December 28
San Francisco/Penninsula
2 to 4 p.m.
Ella Hill Hutch Community Center
1050 McAllister. San Francisco, CA
East Bay
*TO BE ANNOUNCED (TBA) Check http://theblackhour.blogspot.com for updates!
UJAMAA ~ COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS
Monday ~ December 29
San Francisco
1 to 4 p.m.
Buchanan YMCA
530 Buchanan St San Francisco
East Bay
5:30-8:30
Lake Merritt Sail Boat House
568 Bellevue Avenue Oakland, CA 94610
510.536.6604 ext. 201
*HOSTED BY THE PIVOTAL POINT YOUTH SERVICES
NIA ~ PURPOSETuesday ~ December 30
San Francisco
6 p.m
African American Arts and Cultural Center
762 Fulton Street, San Francisco
415-922-0623, www.aaacc.org
East Bay
7pm
African Children’s Advanced Learning Center
959 33rd Street Oakland, CA 94607
510.465.2886~510.917.5878
*HOSTED BY THE PAN AFRICAN PEOPLES ORGANIZATION (PAPO)
KUUMBA ~ CREATIVITYWednesday December 31
San Francisco
1 to 4 p.m.
Fillmore Jazz Heritage Center
1320 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA
East Bay
*TO BE ANNOUNCED (TBA) Check http://theblackhour.blogspot.com for updates!
IMANI ~ FAITH Thursday January 1
San Francisco
6 to 8 p.m.
King/Garvey Cooperative
680 Eddy St. San Francisco, CA
East Bay
*To be held at your home in honor of the extended family
IN AFFINITY WITH OUR AFRICAN ANCESTRAL HERITAGE AND CELEBRATION OF FIRST FRUITS
In Keeping with the tradition of Kwanzaa, everyone is encouraged to bring something to eat to share (no pork please).
Kwanzaa is an African American Holiday based on the African agricultural celebrations and collective principles, which contribute to the unity and development of the African Community. It was created by Maulana Karenga in 1966. Kwanzaa is a seven-day holiday observed from December 26 through January 1.
The BAY AREA KWANZAA COMMITTEE is an organization representing various Houses of Kwanzaa that have been celebrating Kwanzaa for over 20 years. The Committee operates on a philosophy based on an understanding of Kwanzaa's deep significance to the African community. The committee treats Kwanzaa as a non-commercial, spiritual, political, and cultural holiday.
* Events organized by the Bay Area Kwanzaa Committee.
NGUZO SABA (IN-GOO-ZO SAH-BAH) OR ‘SEVEN PRINCIPLES’
Umoja (oo-moh-jah)
Unity ~ To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community nation and race.
Kujichagulia (koo-jee-cha-goo-lee-ah)
Self Determination ~ To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves; instead of being defined, named created for and spoken for by others.
Ujima (oo-jee-mah)
Collective Work and Responsibility ~ To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers and sisters problems our problems and to solve them together.
Ujamaa (oo-jah-mah-ah)
Cooperative Economics ~ To build and maintain our own businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (nee-ah)
Purpose ~ To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community, and to restoreour people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba (koo-oom-bah)
Creativity ~ To always do as much as we can, in the way that we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial that when we inherited it.
Imani (ee-mah-nee)
Faith ~ To believe with all our hearts in our God, our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
