2025 Kwanzaa Celebration - With Community Advocates

Community Advocates:

Day 1 - Andrea C Scott

Day 2 - Debra D. Riley Harris

Day 3 - Reece Dickerson

Day 4 - Lavish Lee Body Boutique 

Day 5 - Linda Fructuoso

Day 6 - Lorrie Davers

Day 7 - Shaunee Jones   

Episode Transcript

Speaker 8 (00:00):
Good morning.

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is Andreas the Scott, President of Life is Rich Global,
and today I am proud and excited to share the
very first principle of Quansa, which is Emoja. Emoja is
a keyth by healing word which means one. It means
unity in the family, community, nation, and our race.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Hello. My name is Debora Roley Harris from Jack's Past, Inc.
My nonprofit organization. I'm reading today's Kwansa principle which is
coolj Chazaliel. The second and my favorite of the seventh
principle in highlights the importance of self determination and defining
one's identity, purpose and destiny is defining ourselves, naming ourselves,

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creating for ourselves, and speaking for ourselves.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
Checking in with community, advocated Dickerson for the third principle
of Kwanza.

Speaker 4 (00:58):
Hello. I am dicker Jacksonville native singer, songwriter, and today
I'm reading day three of Kwansa. Emojic is collective work
and responsibility to build and maintain our community together and
make our community problems our problems and to help solve
them together and.

Speaker 3 (01:18):
Reese in your journey. How have you practiced this principle well?

Speaker 4 (01:23):
Currently, I am an advocate and a manager at the
Salzbocker Men Center, helping unhomed people in our community get
better and get back to be productive people in our society.

Speaker 3 (01:34):
Celebrating Kwanza with our community advocates.

Speaker 5 (01:38):
Hi, I'm Deborah Jamesy, owner of Lavishly Body Uta, sponsor
of this distruct twenty twenty four. Today I'll be reading
Quanta Principal number four Pujama Cooperative Economics to build and
maintain our own stores, shop and other businesses as a

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profit from them together.

Speaker 6 (02:00):
Good morning. My name is Linda Utuoso and today it's
this day of Kwanta. It's called nia Na which means purpose.

Speaker 7 (02:12):
On this day everyone comes together to share their dreams
and ohs. This may be a good day to ask
yourself at each other what do I wish to accomplish
in the coming new year. Happy Kwanta with purpose.

Speaker 8 (02:29):
Good morning everyone. My name is Lorie Sarverer. I am
the director of Emergency Service for a Sentence in Vincent
and I'm also the pastor Las Marketplace Ministries. I get
the honor of talking about Day six of Kwanza, which
is Cumba, which is creativity and the theme is to
do always as much as we can in the way

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that we can, in order to leave our community more
beautiful and beneficial than we inherit in a Cumba celebrates
the power our creativity and its ability to transform communities
and helpless spirits.

Speaker 3 (03:05):
Good morning, it's Shawnie reading the final principle of Kwanza Imani,
which translates to faith to believe with all our hearts
in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and
the righteousness and victory of our struggles. Thank you to
the community advocates who helped celebrate Kwanza twenty twenty five.

(03:27):
Thank you for building and empowering our community together.