Speaker: Baba Asanti

Voices of Resilience

“In this time when rhetoric blusters about and words are used as weapons…May we remember we are a people of resilience. We have faced uncertainty before. We have weathered storms, we have been consumed by flames. We have risen like the phoenix from the ashes–And … read more.

Ujamaa

Today we will focus on Ujamaa (OO-JAH-MAH), the fourth of the seven principles of Kwanzaa, which promotes Cooperative Economics. Often, this principle has been interpreted narrowly as supporting black businesses to keep more money circulating in the black community; however, it is much more than … read more.