Day 4: Ujamaa Cooperative Economics (Click here for Day 3) To build and maintain our own stores, shops & other businesses and to profit from them together. "The economic philosophy of Black nationalism only means that our people need to be reeducated into the importance of controlling the economy of the community in which we live...which...means that we … [Read more...]
Day 3 – Ujima – Collective Work & Responsibility – Muhammad Ali
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Hey folks! As promised here is Day e of the 28 Day Nguzo Saba Devotion Project I mentioned in my post about Kwanzaa Haters finding a loving spirit this year. Enjoy! Day 3: Ujima (click here for Day 2) Collective Work & Responsibility To build and maintain our community together and to make our brother's and sister's problems our problems and to solve them … [Read more...]
Day 2: Kujichagulia – Self Determination – Marcus Garvey
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Hey folks! As promised here is Day 2 of the 28 Day Nguzo Saba Devotion Project I mentioned in my post about Kwanzaa Haters finding a loving spirit this year. Enjoy! Day 2: Kujichagulia (click here for Day 1) To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves & speak for ourselves. "Let us with one determination create in our minds today the conditions of … [Read more...]
Dear Kwanzaa Haters: Not This Year
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There really is something beautiful about participating in a community wide celebration of something. Holidays are just that - collective agreements that something special is happening or needs to be commemorated. No one's holiday fell from heaven and landed in our laps. Some are inspired by spiritual or religious movements. Others may have more secular beginnings regardless … [Read more...]
#BlackOutBlackFriday
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Where Do We Go From Here? There’s been a lot of talk of boycotts in the wake of Ferguson and the grand jury’s refusal to indict officer Darren Wilson for the death of Mike Brown, Rekia Boyd's killer Officer Dante Severin who got off after a prosecutor charged him incorrectly, the death of Sandra Bland, LaQuan McDonald, schools being closed in Black communities, … [Read more...]