~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 profitfrom 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...

*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...

*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!