The Story Of Kwanzaa: From Civil Rights To Corporate America

Next week will be the start of the Kwanzaa celebration which starts on Dec 26th. Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday that is celebrated during the week after Christmas ending on New Years Day in many African-American communities.

It has been more of a Community Celebration than a Private Family Celebration for the majority of people that our family has known in these modern times. A time of reflection & respecting our elders & enjoying  our neighbors, community members, friends, blood family our wider circle of unrelated but we consider them to be family. 

The intent of the celebration is to encourage & instill positive values from the elders to the younger generations as well as foster a sense of belonging in the community. Many community celebrations have a marketplace area to not only buy items but additionally connect people with community services that they may have been unaware of.

Have you been to a Community Kwanzaa Celebration in your area?

The video below explains some of the history of Kwanzaa

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Call your elected officials at the state capitol this week 

Tell them to Work on Balancing the Budget by making the cuts that are needed instead of cutting services that help our families.

Now is the time for our elected officials to get to work towards starting the much needed downsizing of our government. 

They can start by cutting the extra expenses that they have forced us to pay for like big cuts to the CEP Program. 

The CEP aka Citizens Election Program gives taxpayer money to the candidates that have "qualified" by raising certain levels of money. The amount varies by race & party but the amounts are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for state senate & state rep positions & in the millions for the statewide races.

That money can be better spent making certain that we have the needed services for the families that are needed to meet Basic Needs.

Happy New Year 2016

From Our Family
To Yours

Have a Wonderful, Happy, Healthy & Prosperous 2016!

Happy New Year 2016!

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