Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa is a rapist holiday and I'll not provide any services for any potential clients revolved a rapist holiday. Don't harass me nor beg me to promote a rapist holiday. I'll not. I'm not interested in discussing my reasons about not conducting any services related to Kwanzaa.

Ms. Afrika Abney gave away this dance outfit many years ago.

She appeared with the Malcolm X Drummers and Dancers for

Kwanzaa Celebration held at Plymouth. Photos credit by

Kelechukwu Onyenolachi

Imani Night Celebration, Kwanzaa 2010/2011

Information and Flyers posted widely on social media by Ms.

Afrika Abney from 2009 - 2015.

From 1970s - 2015, Ms. Afrika Abney celebrated Kwanzaa. She

stopped celebrating Kwanzaa because she learned that the creator

of the holiday, Dr. Karenga was a rapist and criminal.

Ms. Abney does not advocate nor support this type of African American

holiday that advocates sexual abuse towards women. She was disappointed to

learn about this history on her own in 2015 as supposed to told the truth about

the holiday.

Despite, learning about this, she had the opportunity to be apart of many

Kwanzaa events in the past.

7 Day Citywide Kwanzaa Calender of Events for the DMV. 2010/2011

UMOJA (UNITY) SUN. DEC. 26

• The Annual Candle-lighting, Children Presentations & Afrocenteric

Academic Challenge. Dinner Sale & Afrikan Marketplace sponsored by UBC

& LCPAN. 3:00pm until 6:00pm at Roots, 15 Kennedy St NW.

Call (202) 526-4039 or (202) 529·3635.

• Odwira Ancestral Akon Kwanzaa Celebration by THE TEMPLE OF

NYAME at 949 Bonifant St, Silver Spring, MD 2pm to 6pm. Call (202)678-3100

for info.

• African Heritage Dancers & Drummers Umoja Night Celebration.

7:00 to 8:30 P.M. Free to the Public. 1320 Good Hope Rd. S.E.

Info. 202-399-5252

KUJICHAGULIA (SELF- DETERMINATION) MON. DEC. 27

• Kwanzaa Candle-lighting Celebration & program by the

Ausar Auset Society and Ideal PCS .

The event will focus on health as a dynamic and transformative force

impacting the stability of the African family. Children activities, vending, and

food will be available. Location: 100 Peabody St. NW. (6:30pm-9:30pm).

Call 202-723-5566.

•Global Citizenship for African People Realized - An Evening of

Kujichagulia. The Government of the UNIA-ACL.

1320 Good Hope Rd. S.E., WDC. 6pm - 10pm.

This event is FREE. African Market Place and Dinner available for purchase

Call 1-866-496-8456 for Info.

UJIMA (COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY) TUES. DEC 28

• Kwanzaa Program & Candle-lighting Service by House of Ra,

Afi Soul and Friends. Hip-Hop, Go Go. Neo-Soul and Poetry. 7:15pm,

Bohemian Caverns, 2001 11th St., NW (11th & U Sts.), Wash., DC. Free

Admission. Call (202) 436-6466 or (202) 299-0800.

• Kwanzaa Candle-lighting Celebration & Program at St. Michael’s

Evangelical Lutheran Church. 700 Saint Michael’s Drive, Mitchellville, MD

at 7:30 pm. Call (301) 249-6222.

UJAMAA (COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS) WEDS. DEC. 29

• The Annual Ujamaa Kwanzaa Candle-lighting Celebration &

Program. Including the dramatic production: "Kwanzaa Yenu Iwe Na

Heri" (May Y’all’s Kwanzaa Be Filled With Happiness),

Ujamaa Dancers & Drummers and vegetarian food.

Ujamaa Shule at 8th & Q St. NW, Wash., DC at 7:00pm. Call (202) 232-2997.

NIA (PURPOSE) THURS. DEC. 30

• Candle-lighting and Kwanzaa Program Universal

Improvement through ReAfricanization and Nation

Building by the Universal Negro Improvement Association and

African Communities League, Woodson Banneker-Jackson Bey Division 330.

Guest speakers will include an African Priest of the Akan Tradition,

Dr. Mwangaza Bandele and Elements 4 Nature - producers of products

developed by Dr. George Washington Carver and Dr. Austin Curtis. Also

included will will be an African Market Place, Spoken Word by Evergreen

Productions, Pan African Feast and a Children’s Village from 6:00 P.M.

until 9:00 P.M. at the Tree of Life Community Public Charter School,

2315 18th Place, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20018. Free Admission.

For More information call (202) 398-2121or (202) 529-3635.

KUUMBA (CREATIVITY) FRI. DEC. 31

• 41st Annual Kwanzaa Children’s Party at Nation House,

770 Park Road NW, Wash., DC 1:00-3:00 pm. Sponsored by Kwanzaa

Children’s Party, Inc. and Temple of Nyame, for children age 3 -12.

Adult must accompany children. Featuring the Kuumba Arts Korner,

Baba Lasana, and dancing & drumming. Call (202) 363 5887,

(202) 390 3164 or (240) 832-7203.

• Community Resources, Inc. presents the premier of the

documentary film on the first African centered school in

Washington, DC: The New School for African American Thought.

The film is called Under the Radar: The story of the most important

DC educational institution that you probably did not know existed .

6:00 PM at Umoja House, 2015 Bunker Hill Rd. NE. Call (202) 526-4039.

• Karamu (Feast) sponsored by UBC. Candle-lighting Service, poetry,

music, dancing, lots of food and fun. Bring a wholesome natural food dish

to share. Umoja House, 2015 Bunker Hill Rd. NE. 8:00 pm until.

Call (202) 526-4039 or (240) 832-7203.

IMANI (FAITH) SAT. JAN. 1

• Annual Free the Land Annual Kwanzaa 3.1 - 5 mile

Fun Run/Walk/Bike. 12 noon, Lake Artemisia Park, Berwyn Rd. and

55th Ave, Greenbelt, MD. Call (202) 355-2562.

• Kwanzaa Imani Celebration and African Consciousness Award

Presentation.Cosponsored by UBC and ADACI. Performance by

Malcolm X Dancers & Drummers, presentation by noted spiritual leaders

and the presentation of this year’s African Consciousness Award:

Mama Sala Damali. At Plymouth Congregational Church, 5301 N

Capitol St NE, Washington D.C., 7:00pm. Call (202) 526-4039,

(202) 529-3635 or (240) 832-7203.

Empowering Women

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Luminous Moon

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Past Educational Services

I provided educational consulting services from 1995 - 2018 for numerous schools and organizations. Among them include Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, DC (2018), DC International School (subbed for Ms. Mireya Goni Camejo (Spanish Art Teacher) – 2016 - 2017), Higher Achievement (2003 - 2004;2013) Washington, DC - Metro, Mundo Verde Public Charter Schools (2013 - 2014), Young Playwrights' Theatre (YPT) (2012 - 2013), Roda Movements (2015),M.O.M.I.E.S TLC (2015), YWDEP (2015), Kingdom Kids Care (2013), Joy of Motion Dance Center (2013 - 2015), Dance Institute of Washington (DIW) (2010 - 2012), and many others. I no longer provide educational services. https://msafrikaabney.weebly.com/educational-services.html

30th Annual BZB Shop til Ya Drop!

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