Lancaster County Kwanzaa Celebration

407 Howard Avenue,Lancaster PA 17602

29 December, 2022

Description

Observed annually between December 26 and January 1, Kwanzaa is a Pan-African cultural celebration and holiday designed to support the social, cultural and economic fabric of the African American community in the U.S. by strengthening its connection to African culture. Join the Crispus Attucks Community Center & Bright Side Opportunities Center on Thursday, December 29 as we celebrate Kwanzaa together as a community. 6:00 PM - FREE Entry Live Entertainment | Food | Presentation | Fellowship 5:30 pm - Family friendly activities with arts and crafts. -- Seven Principles of Kwanzaa Unity:Umoja (oo–MO–jah) To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race. Self-determination: Kujichagulia (koo–gee–cha–goo–LEE–yah) To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves. Collective Work and Responsibility: Ujima (oo–GEE–mah) To build and maintain our community together and make our brother’s and sister’s problems our problems and to solve them together. Cooperative Economics: Ujamaa (oo–JAH–mah) To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together. Purpose: Nia (nee–YAH) To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. ## About Crispus Attucks Community Center Since the late 1920s, the Crispus Attucks Community Center has been an anchor in Southeast Lancaster City. The Center takes immense pride in its mission to improve the quality of life for youth and families in Lancaster by providing services that promote community prosperity, physical and mental health, and by offering programs and cultural events which preserve and celebrate the African American heritage. The Center is named for Crispus Attucks, a Black man who was the first American killed in the Revolutionary War, of whom the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “He is one of the most important figures in African American history, not for what he did for his own race but for what he did for all oppressed people everywhere. He is a reminder that the African American heritage is not only African but American and it is a heritage that begins with the beginning of America.” For more information, visit https://caplanc.org/crispusattucks About Bright Side Opportunities Center The Bright Side Opportunities Center is an outgrowth of Bright Side Baptist Church in Lancaster, PA. The Center, is an independent non-profit social service facility located at the corner of Wabank Road and Hershey Avenue in Southwest Lancaster City. The Center offers a wide variety of health, social service and educational programs for people of all ages. The Bright Side Opportunities Corporation works collaboratively with many Lancaster health and social service providers to operate vital programs that serve the entire community. For more information, visit: https://www.brightsideopportunities.org/