International Civil Rights Center & Museum

Kwanzaa 2023

VIRTUAL CELEBRATION

December 26 - January 1

2023 Kwanzaa Introduction

This virtual program in celebration of Kwanzaa at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum offers a chance to invest in would be called our collective conscience, using humanitarian, faith-reflecting principles to enrich our community. For many people, Kwanzaa remains something of a mystery; but it can be forthrightly viewed as the African American cultural response to Christmas or Hanukkah. As people unravel the “mystery” of Kwanzaa, they quickly realize the weightier life-affirming values with which it deals. 

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Day 1: Umoja
(Unity)

Rev. Nelson Johnson & Mrs. Joyce Hobson Johnson
Co-Executive Directors of The Beloved Community Center
with Introduction by Sage Chioma, ICRCM

The virtual presentation will be released on December 26, 2023. 

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Day 2: Kujichagulia
(Self-Determination)

Dr. Gwendolyn Bookman
Associate Professor of Political Science at Bennett College
with Introduction by Sage Chioma, ICRCM

The virtual presentation will be released on December 27, 2023. 

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Day 3: Ujima
(Collective Work & Responsibility)

Dr. Deborah Barnes
Visiting Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor at UNC Greensboro; Visiting Scholar at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum
with Introduction by Sage Chioma, ICRCM

The virtual presentation will be released on December 28, 2023. 

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Day 4: Ujamaa
(Cooperative Economics)

Michael Diamond
Senior Vice President with Towne Bank
with Introduction by Sage Chioma, ICRCM

The virtual presentation will be released on December 29, 2023. 

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Day 5: Nia
(Purpose)

Josephus Thompson III
Greensboro's First Poet Laureate
with Introduction by Sage Chioma, ICRCM

The virtual presentation will be released on December 30, 2023. 

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Day 6: Kuumba
(Creativity)

Sage Chioma
Docent, International Civil Rights Center & Museum
with Introduction 

The virtual presentation will be released on December 31, 2023. 

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Day 7: Imani
(Faith)

Dr. Meredeth Summers
Chief of Staff; Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees at Guilford College
with Introduction by Sage Chioma, ICRCM

The virtual presentation will be released on January 1, 2024. 

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