Yaa Asantewaa is hosting a Kwanzaa Celebration featuring a Fashion Show/Art Show with the theme of Umoja (Unity) for the community. During this event, parents, elders, and youth will focus on the traditional African values of family, community responsibility, commerce, and self-improvement, while showingshow their appreciation for our intergenerational relationships through different acts, performances and discussion.

Yaa Asantewaa Inc was established in 1998 to educate African American girls and young women on the discipline, standards, and values espoused in the African Centered Worldview. Learning and practicing this value system promotes our personal development thereby improving the development of our families and ultimately enhancing our entire community. The Kwanzaa Community Celebration is the first day of Kwanzaa defining the first of the seven principals, Umoja or Unity.

The elders are honored; we will be donating socks for the elderly in nursing homes and showing special recognition to the elderly in our community. There will be Afrikan music, The Kwanzaa Feast or Karamu, games, and activities for the youth. There will also be activities for the adults as well as the Fashion Show/Art Show which will unite both the cultures of the Afrikan with Afrikan Americans through various styles and commentary. This type of interaction is equally beneficial for all involved. In this case the youth, the parents and the elders.

The parents and seniors get to interact with the youth and pass on viable information about their life experiences that the youth can walk away with. On the other hand the youth can also share experiences they deem worthy enough to recite and bring new energy to their parents and the seniors with their wonderful outlooks on life. Kwanzaa is a unique African American celebration with focus on the traditional African values of family, community responsibility, commerce, and self-improvement. Kwanzaa is neither political nor religious and despite some misconceptions, is not a substitute for Christmas. It is simply a time of reaffirming African-American people, their ancestors and culture. Kwanzaa means “first fruits of the harvest” in the African language Kiswahili.

Special thanks to FAMU, Greater Frenchtown Revitalization Council, Cultural Arts Natural Design International (CANDI), The Art Farm, Inspired by Love of N. FL Inc and HIPPY for their sponsorship. We are excited about the Kwanzaa Community Celebration and hope to see all of you there! Please bring something to share; fruit, books for children or socks for the elderly.

Contact: Ms. Joyce Brown up157j@yahoo.com
(850) 264-0178 or fax (850) 224-7305
Tallahassee, Fl- December 15, 2008
Kwanzaa Community Celebration Umoja (Unity)
FAMU Teleconference Center
2010 Pender Drive
Tallahassee, FL. 32303

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