Kwanzaa 2025 - The International Civil Rights Center & Museum

2025 Kwanzaa Introduction

Sage Chioma, ICRCM Docent

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.

What is Kwanzaa?

Presenter Biographies (Coming Soon)

Day 1: Umoja
(Unity)

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

The virtual presentation will be released on December 26, 2025.

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Click to See Memorial to Rev. Nelson Johnson

Day 2: Kujichagulia
(Self-Determination)

Dr. Dawn Hicks Tafari & Anhki Maat
Co-Founders of the Greensboro Kwanzaa Collective
with Introduction by Sage Chioma, ICRCM

The virtual presentation will be released on December 27, 2025.

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Day 3: Ujima
(Collective Work & Responsibility)

Kia Lanae
Empowerment Speaker, Author, and Poet
with Introduction by Sage Chioma, ICRCM

The virtual presentation will be released on December 28, 2025.

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Day 4: Ujamaa
(Cooperative Economics)

Gerry McCants
Business Strategist & Activist
with Introduction by Sage Chioma, ICRCM

The virtual presentation will be released on December 29, 2025.

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Day 5: Nia
(Purpose)

Kenya Murray Morris, MPH, CPH
Epidemiologist
with Introduction by Sage Chioma, ICRCM

The virtual presentation will be released on December 30, 2025.

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Day 6: Kuumba
(Creativity)

Sage Chioma
ICRCM Docent, Poet, Inspirational Speaker, and Author

The virtual presentation will be released on December 31, 2025.

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Day 7: Imani
(Faith)

Rev. Wesley Morris
Senior Pastor, Faith Community Church
with Introduction by Sage Chioma, ICRCM

The virtual presentation will be released on January 1, 2026.

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