Peace and Power: Archive

Dec 31st

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Sixth Day of Kwanzaa: Kuumba (Creativity)

To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.

Dec 31st

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Dec 30th

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Fifth Day of Kwanzaa: Nia (Purpose)

To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.

Dec 30th

Dec 29th

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“Black People in America have a much greater inner power than they realize, but...”

– Na’im Akbar (via cultureofresistance)

Dec 29th

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Fourth Day of Kwanzaa: Ujamaa (family)

The belief in family and general communal understanding.

Dec 29th

Dec 28th

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Dec 28th

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I'm Crazy

“An Angry black man is intimidating to white folks. An Angry SMART black man is their definition of fear itself.” (Shout out to illestraider for submitting this to me)

Dec 28th

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Third Day of Kwanzaa: Ujima (Collective Work and...

To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers’ and sisters’ problems our problems, and to solve them together.

Dec 28th

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Dec 27th

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Second Day of Kwanzaa: Kujichagulia...

To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves stand up.

Dec 27th

Dec 26th

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Reblog if your mom is beautiful.

Dec 26th

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Dec 26th

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Dec 26th

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The I Can Be Collective: All Around The World.. →

theicanbecollective: Happy Kwanzaa… Today we focus on the celebration of Kwanzaa/Kwanza - Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday about the festival of the first harvest of the crops. It begins on December 26 and lasts for seven days. The name Kwanzaa or Kwanza comes from a phrase ‘matunda ya kwanza’ which means…

Dec 26th

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Kwanzaa

For everyone that doesn’t know Kwanzaa is not Muslim holiday or anything like that. It is based on Black Pride and principles we need in our community. So if you’re worried about offending Jesus or anything I’m pretty sure he’s cool with it. Seeing how he was black anyway.

Dec 26th

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Dec 26th

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The First Day Of Kwanzaa: Umoja (Unity)

To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.

Dec 26th

Dec 25th

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“In the instances when POC say shit like ‘Oh I can’t stand white folk’ or ‘Damn...”

– Briana “but u guise reverse racism is real!!!1!!one!! im realy prejusidse against bcus im white every1 hatez me” (via grrrlfoxxx) And this is why it is not “aggressive” to want to protect our own needs, cultures, and seek out better representation of people like us. Excuse me if I just can’t...

Dec 25th

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