44th Anniversary KWANZAA Celebration With KWANZAA Creator Dr. MAULANA KARENGA Monday, December 27th, 2010 5:30PM - 9:30PM

The New York Chapter of the National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO) presents a 44th Anniversary Kwanzaa Celebration with Dr. MAULANA KARENGA this year's message Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba: An Ethics of Sharing Good in the World At Boys & Girls High School, on Monday, Kujichagalia (Self-Determination), December 27, 2010, the creator of Kwanzaa, Dr. Maulana Karenga will address this year's theme. TIME: 5:30PM - 9:30PM BOYS & GIRLS H.S. located at 1700 Fulton St., in Brooklyn (between) Utica and Schnectady Aves.) 11226. $10.00 Admission $7.00 Seniors & Children Trave: "A" or "C" train to Utica Avenue GOOGLE MAP "...Kwanzaa brings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest sense." Dr. Maulana Karenga (quote from the Founder's 2010 Welcome statement) Cultural entertainment will be provided by the Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble as well as vocalist Camille Yarbrough and Zahmu/Threee

The New York Chapter of the National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO) presents a 44th Anniversary Kwanzaa Celebration with Dr. MAULANA KARENGA this year's message Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba: An Ethics of Sharing Good in the World At Boys & Girls High School, on Monday, Kujichagalia (Self-Determination), December 27, 2010, the creator of Kwanzaa, Dr. Maulana Karenga will address this year's theme. TIME: 5:30PM - 9:30PM BOYS & GIRLS H.S. located at 1700 Fulton St., in Brooklyn (between) Utica and Schnectady Aves.) 11226. $10.00 Admission $7.00 Seniors & Children "...Kwanzaa brings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest sense." Dr. Maulana Karenga (quote from the Founder's 2010 Welcome statement) Cultural entertainment will be provided by the Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble as well as vocalist Camille Yarbrough and Zahmu/Three KWANZAA A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture Dr. Karenga is Professor of Africana Studies at California State University, at Long Beach. He is also chair of the Organization Us and the National Association of Kawaida Organizations. He has been an activist scholar since the 60s especially in such educational and social movements as Black Studies, Black Power, Black Arts, independent schools, Afrocentricity, ancient Egyptian Studies, Ifa ethical studies, the Million Person Marches and Reparations. He is the author of numerous books, some including Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture; Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle,and; Introduction to Black Studies as well as numerous articles. He has earned two Ph.D.s, one in social ethics (University of Southern California, and the other in political science (U.S.International University).