Nguzo Saba

Day 5: Nia (Purpose). The Second Green Candle to the right of the Center Black Candle is lit: To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.

XOXO

P.S. I learned about Kwanzaa many years ago, when I was working as an assistant to the Outreach Coordinator at Pitt. It was then that I visited Miller, an African-Centered academy that was part of the Outreach program and that experience changed many of my ideas about race and social constructs. Until that day, I had never heard of anybody who celebrated Kwanzaa. Learning about it totally changed my outlook about how other people celebrate the holidays. If you'd like to learn more about Kwanzaa, try GLAAD's page. You can also support Black-owned businesses in your community.

Also, D'Angelo. Need I say more?

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