When: December 27, 2012 | 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Where: Various locations - Memphis, TN
Ages: All ages
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DECEMBER 26, 2012- JANUARY 1, 2013 Doors open/program ends
Dec. 26 Wednesday Day One: Umoja (u-mo-jah) means Unity 6:00 pm- 8:30 pm
Memphis Kwanzaa Center 1549 Elvis Presley Blvd.
Keynote Speaker King Omari Baruti age 19 Junior at
Morehouse College Atlanta Ga.
And Queen Amina Naantaanbuu age 17, Freshmen
at University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Children Will Lead Them
Dec. 27, Thursday Day Two Kujichagulia ( Koo’ -jee-cha-goo-lee-ah) Self Determination. 5-7:30 p.m.
Dr. Benjamin Hooks Library 3030 Poplar Avenue
Keynote Speaker Queen Shukriyyah Darboe. (Staff Snowden School)
Dec. 28, Friday Day Three Ujima (oo-JEE-mah) Collective Work and Responsibility 6:00 p.m.–until
Memphis Kwanzaa Center 1549 Elvis Presley Blvd.
Dr. Noel G. L. Hutchinson, Jr. pastor First Baptist Lauderdale
And host of TV show BLACK Thought will be keynote speaker.
Dec. 29, Saturday Day Four Ujamma (oo-jah-Mah) Cooperative Economics. 6:00 pm– Until
Memphis Kwanzaa Center 1549 Elvis Presley Blvd
Community Speakers will commemorate and
Give Honor to and Install in Memphis: The Community of Legends
Queen Adjua Naantaanbuu Founder of
Memphis Kwanzaa International (Founded 36 years ago).
Dec. 30, Sunday Day Five: Nia (Nee-ah) which means Purpose 4-7:30 p.m.
The Dr. Martin Luther King Labor Center 485 Beale Street
Keynote speaker Dr Jeffrey Ryan Futrell from North Side High School
What is our purpose: “Guns and Gods in a World Gone Mad”.
Dec. 31, Monday Day Six: Kuumba (Koo-OOM-bah) means Creativity 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
West TN State Penitentiary 480 Green Chapel Rd Henning TN
Keynote speaker Dr Eddie Yancey University Of Memphis
“Creating a Positive Self in a Negative World”.
Jan. 1, 2013 Tuesday Day Seven: Imani (E-mah-nee) means Faith 3-5:30 p.m.
Memphis Kwanzaa Center 1549 Elvis Presley Blvd.
The Worlds Redeemers Choir and also hear Bishop Jerry Ivery
who will be the King and Keynote Speaker.
What Happened to the People of Faith?
COME JOIN THE CELEBRATION.. MUSIC,,,DANCING…FOOD.. FUN ..SPOKEN WORD
Source:
http://www.gomemphis.com/events/2012/dec/27/29119/