KWANZAA Celebration "IMANI" and Buy Black Marketplace

5309 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard,Houston TX 77021

01 January, 2022

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Start your NEW Year with Family, Community and Culture Sponsored by the Greater Houston Area Planning Committee- @THE SHRINE Celebrating KWANZAA has been an annual tradition of the Greater Houston Area Planning Committee. The local organizations of SHAPE, NBUF, PROJECT ROWHOUSE, The SHRINE, NIA CULTURAL CENTER, NOI#45, and SEHAH-have committed to maintaining our culture and creating the necessary unity in the community through programs, information, and opportunities. Join us for the last night occasion as we celebrate the principle: IMANI (FAITH). Together- Let's Embrace New Possibilities for the FUTURE!! Vendors sign up @: www.thebuyblackmarketplace./com Shrine Cultural & Event Center - Houston  History      In 1970, under the direction of Barbara Martin a center for black culture and heritage, the Sudan Import Specialty Shop was created.  The store, later named the Shrine of the Black Madonna™ Cultural Center and Bookstore, provided an outlet for black authors, historians, poets, educators and artists as a place for the black community to learn their history and culture. The Cultural Center started with books, jewelry, African carvings and paintings, and African fashions manufactured onsite by the Black Star Clothing Factory. The Cultural Center and Bookstore has been an integral part of the the Shrines' program of economic development in the cities of Detroit, Atlanta and Houston