It's KWANZAA time. Dr. Maulana Karenga gift to African American history

 

Dr. Maulana Karenga

DECEMBER 26, 2021 - JANUARY 1, 2021

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GLOBAL || WEEK OF KWANZAA

Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor and chairman of Africana Studies at California State University, first created Kwanzaa in 1966. He created this holiday in response to the Watts Riots in Los Angeles in 1965 as a way to bring African-Americans together as a community.

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Kwanzaa celebration

                                        PREPARATION

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The Principles of Kwanzaa - Year 2021

                    SUNDAY

UMOJA (oo-MOH-ja)                                               
Meaning: unity
Action: building a community that holds together

                    MONDAY

KUJICHAGULIA (koo-jee-cha-goo-LEE-yah)       
Meaning: self-determination
Action: speaking for yourself and making choices 

that benefit the community

                    TUESDAY

UJIMA (oo-JEE-mah)                                               
Meaning: collective work and responsibility
Action: helping others within the community

                   WEDNESDAY 

UJAMAA (oo-JAH-ma)                                             
Meaning: cooperative economics
Action: supporting businesses that care about the 

community

                   THURSDAY

NIA (nee-AH)                                                            
Meaning: a sense of purpose
Action: setting goals that benefit the community

                   FRIDAY

KUUMBA (koo-OOM-bah)                                       
Meaning: creativity
Action: making the community better and more 

beautiful

                   SATURDAY

IMANI (ee-MAH-nee)                                                
Meaning: faith
Action: believing that a better world can be 

created for communities now and in the future

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MILWAUKEE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION LLC/MPA-LLC will provide TRANSFORMATIVE LINKS TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, CARES, AND THE BUILD BACK BETTER LEGISLATION THAT IS PASSED IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.

Glass said, "We will also see that ACCOUNTABILITY with the 3 MUSKETEERS (Secretary Transportation PETE BUTTIGIEG, Secretary Labor MARTY WALSH, and Infrastructor Coordinator -  MITCH LANDRIEU), EPA Administrator MICHAEL REGAN, and Region 5 FTA Administrator KELLEY BROOKINS".