{"id":11225,"date":"2024-12-11T14:50:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T19:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=11225"},"modified":"2024-12-11T14:50:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T19:50:37","slug":"kwanzaa-celebration","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/event\/kwanzaa-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwanzaa Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/d91e5d79466e7989f5fdde136\/images\/b87659dd-09d2-b5fd-a945-2839975ef8c2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Kwanzaa\u00a0<\/strong>is an African American and Pan-African holiday that originated from \u201cfirst fruits,\u201d or harvest, celebrations across Africa. The name \u201cKwanzaa\u201d comes from the Kiswahili phrase \u201cmatunda ya kwanza,\u201d meaning \u201cfirst fruit.\u201d &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/csunshinetoday.csun.edu\/uncategorized\/kwanzaa-history-and-how-to-celebrate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSUN<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u201cConcept and Significance<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"last-child\">\n<li>Definition:\u00a0Ujima focuses on the collective responsibility to uplift and support one another within the community. It\u2019s about working together to solve problems and improve conditions for everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Cultural Roots:\u00a0This principle has roots in African traditions of community and mutual aid, where the well-being of each member is linked to the well-being of the community as a whole.<\/li>\n<li>Empowerment through Collaboration:\u00a0Ujima emphasizes that by working together, communities can achieve goals that might be unattainable individually, fostering a sense of empowerment and accomplishment. &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iaamuseum.org\/news\/ujima-fostering-collective-work-and-responsibility-in-kwanzaas-traditions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IAAM<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cKwanzaa\u00a0is an African American and Pan-African holiday that originated from \u201cfirst fruits,\u201d or harvest, celebrations across Africa. The name \u201cKwanzaa\u201d comes from the Kiswahili phrase \u201cmatunda ya kwanza,\u201d meaning \u201cfirst &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/event\/kwanzaa-celebration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kwanzaa Celebration&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11305,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[237787],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-11225","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tag-african-roots-community-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11226,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11225\/revisions\/11226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11225"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=11225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}