Habari gani?
The Kwanzaa Holiday reminds us of a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest sense. The principals of Kwanzaa are universal and can be celebrated by all races and ages.
Over the next seven days of Kwanzaa we dedicate ourselves to reflecting on the following principals in an effort to better ourselves, family, and community.
Umoja (Unity):
To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination):
To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves.
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility):
To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers’ and sisters’ problems our problems, and to solve them together.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics):
To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (Purpose):
To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
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.
Imani (Faith):
To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
As we spend the next 7 days with our families and friends, let the principals of the Kwanzaa holiday guide us into the New Year with a renewed spirit and hope for the future.
On behalf of myself, family, and my entire staff, I wish you a Happy Kwanzaa.
Sikukuu ya Kwanzaa inatukumbusha ujumbe wa kiutamaduni ambayo inazungumzia bora ya nini maana ya kuwa Afrika na binadamu katika hisia kikamilifu. Ya wakuu wa Kwanzaa ni zima na inaweza firas kwa jamii na umri wote.
Ijayo siku saba Kwanzaa sisi wenyewe kujitolea ili kuonyesha tarehe zifuatazo wakuu katika jitihada bora sisi wenyewe, familia na jamii.
Umoja (Unity):
Kujitahidi kwa ajili na kudumisha umoja katika familia, jamii, taifa, na mbio.
Kujichagulia (Self-beslutsamhet):
To define wenyewe, jina wenyewe, kujenga kwa wenyewe, na kuzungumza wenyewe.
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility):
Kujenga na kuendeleza jamii yetu pamoja na kufanya ndugu zetu ‘na dada’ matatizo ya matatizo yetu, na kutatua nao pamoja.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics):
Kujenga na kudumisha maduka yetu wenyewe, maduka, na biashara zingine na faida kutoka kwao pamoja.
Nia (Purpose):
Kufanya wito yetu ya pamoja ya kujenga na kuendeleza jamii yetu ili kurejesha watu wetu ukuu wao wa jadi.
Kuumba (Creation):
Kufanya daima kama vile tunaweza, katika njia tunaweza ili kuondoka jamii yetu na mafao mazuri zaidi kuliko sisi kurithiwa yake.
Imani (Imani):
Kuamini kwa moyo wetu wote katika watu wetu, wazazi wetu, walimu wetu, viongozi wetu, na haki na ushindi wa mapambano yetu.
Kama tunatumia siku 7 ijayo pamoja na familia zetu na marafiki, acha wakuu wa likizo Kwanzaa utuongoe kwenye na Mwaka Mpya upya roho na matumaini ya baadaye.
Niaba ya mwenyewe, familia nzima yangu na wafanyakazi, I wish you a Happy Kwanzaa.
Sincerely,
Curren D. Price Jr.
CA State Senator
26th District
