Saturday, July 23, 2005

NGUZO SABA...THE 7 PRINCIPLES of KWANZAA!


FAIR TRADE
EMANCIPATION EMPOWERMENT
...365 Days...
A L L W A Y S !

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I. UMOJA
~MEMBER  ACCOUNTABILITY~
(Unity)
...to strive for...to maintain unity in our family, community, nation, and race...
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II. KUJICHAGULIA
~INFORMATION & REFERRAL~
(Self-Determination)
...to define ourselves...create for ourselves...to speak for ourselves instead of being defined, named, created and spoken for by others...
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III. UJIMA
~ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILTY~
(Collective Work & Responsibility)
...to build & maintain our community together...to make our sister's & brother's issues ours...to solve ALL concerns TOGETHER...
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IV. UJAMAA
~COOPERATIVE ENTREPRENURALISM~
(Cooperative Economics)
...to create, build & maintain entrepreneurial venues together...to profit from them as one...
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V. NIA
~FAIR CONSUMERISM~
(Purpose)
...to make as our collective vocation...the preservation &perpetuation of our community in order to restore ALL people to their ancestral greatness...
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VI. KUUMBA
~CULTURAL PRESERVATION~
(Creativity)
...to do ALL-ways as much as we can...in ANY way we can...in order to leave our community more beautiful, peaceful and just than we inherited it...
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VII. IMANI
~SPIRITUAL DIVERSITY~
(Faith)
...to KNOW within our hearts...that our people...our parents...our teachers...our leaders are pre-destined in the victory of this righteous struggle...
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HARAMBEE...Let's Pull Together!