The LYNC

12/03/2022

KWANZAA CELEBRATION
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11/10/2022

HABARI GANI!
KWANZAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are gearing up again for our Annual Kwanzaa Community Celebration! This year Kwanzaa will be Friday December 30, 2022!
If your children are interested in being a part of this annual event please fill out this link and we will be in touch!

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01/01/2022

The LYNC would like to take this time to thank everyone who took the time to make videos as part of our impromptu Kwanzaa live. Our LYNC families always come through and we can’t thank you enough!

We can’t wait until we can come together again as one and as if we were never separated by COVID!

As today is the first day of 2022 and the last day of Kwanzaa, our principle Imani as stated below says, "To believe, with all our heart, in our Creator, our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.”

We believe that we all will be together again soon, we love you and Happy Kwanzaa!!!

Seven times let us all pull down together! HARAMBEE! HARAMBEE! HARAMBEE!
HARAMBEE! HARAMBEE! HARAMBEE!
HAAARRAAMMMBEEEE!!!

01/01/2022

HABARI GANI!! IMANI HABARI GANI!

On this final day of Kwanzaa we celebrate the 7th principle of IMANI which means Faith. Peyton Newman is going to tell you what IMANI means to him.

Video credit: Leah Newman

12/31/2021

Osiah, Osiana and Owen Nosa would like you to know what Kuumba means to them.

12/31/2021

HABARI GANI! KUUMBA HABARI GANI!

The sixth day, which occurs on New Years Eve, is a special day. This is the day of the Kwanzaa Karamu or Kwanzaa Feast. In the spirit of celebration many families invite their friends and family to join in the festivities.

Create a party atmosphere with additional Kwanzaa decorations. Dress up in traditional or traditional inspired clothing. Play African or African American music. Cook your favorite foods and special holiday dishes. Invite your guests to contribute to the feast by bringing along their favorite dishes. The children and/or the Adults can perform plays, read uplifting passages, poems or stories. Maybe one of the adults will be a story teller for the day. Remember the principle of the day is Kuumba (creativity). So be creative!!

On this special day we remember our ancestors when the Unity cup is shared. After everyone has taken a drink the candles are extinguished.

But before the Karamu is over, the eldest member of those present will read the Tamshi La Tutaonana (TAM-shi la Tu-ta-u-NA-na). The Tamshi La Tutaonana was written by Dr. Karenga, the creator of Kwanzaa, as a farewell statement to the feast and the year.

Everyone stands as the elder reads:

Strive for discipline, dedication, and achievement in all you do. Dare struggle and sacrifice and gain the strength that comes from this. Build where you are and dare leave a legacy that will last as long as the sun shines and the water flows. Practice daily Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba, and Imani. And may the wisdom of the ancestors always walk with us. May the year’s end meet us laughing, and stronger. May our children honor us by following our example in love and struggle. And at the end of next year, may we sit together again, in larger numbers, with greater achievement and closer to liberation and a higher level of life.

Then the elder leads the guests in the Harambee (ha-RAM-bee) salute. Each person raises their right fist about as high as their shoulder, then pulls down forcefully until the elbow is next to next to their torso, saying “Harambee!” This is done seven times in unison.

This concludes the Karamu celebration.

https://praiseindy.com/37801/the-sixth-day-of-kwanzaa-kuumba/

12/30/2021

HABARI GANI! NIA HABARI GANI!

Nia (purpose) On the fifth day of Kwanzaa we light the candle representing the principle Nia, or purpose. It encourages us to look within to not only set personal goals, but also to choose goals that benefit our community. We believe that financial strength is critical to building a successful future for the Black community.

Thank You to the Bardwell Family for telling us how their family celebrates NIA!

12/29/2021

HABARI GANI! UJAMAA HABARI GANI!!

This date is the fourth day of Kwanzaa. The day focuses on Ujamaa the Swahili word for cooperative economics.

This fourth principle of the Nguzo Saba is a commitment to the practice of shared social wealth and the work needed to achieve it. Ujamaa, as the late Julius Nyerere points out, is above all human centered and concerned foremost with the well being, happiness, and development of the human personality

The two interlocking half circles (picture), called the Nsibidi, represent togetherness and family. Ujamaa focuses on shared wealth and work, economic self-reliance, and obligation of generosity.

https://aaregistry.org/story/the-fourth-day-of-kwanzaa/

Thank you To Chelsea and Olivia Turner for their video contribution
Video credit: Kelly Turner

12/28/2021

12/28/2021

HABARI GANI!!! UJIMA! HABARI GANI!

Day 3 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.

Without the collective work of our L.Y.N.C. Families this holiday season the video today and those upcoming would not be possible. Take a listen as Tryis McPike and her children Taryn & Micah tell us about UJIMA!

12/27/2021

Day 2: Celebration of Kwanzaa – Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)

KUJICHAGULIA: “In a time in which occupation and oppression of countries and peoples are immorally presented as necessary and even salvational, the principle of Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) rejects this and reaffirms the right of persons and peoples to determine their own destiny and daily lives; to live in peace and security; and to flourish in freedom everywhere.”-Dr. Maulana Karanga