Ancestral Gifts and Lessons: Kwanzaa 2024 at Third Unitarian Church of Chicago
Video thumbnail: a Collage of collage images, featuring Faith Ringgold and Ella Jenkins. Text in black box says, 'Atena O. Danner at Third Unitarian Church, Ancestral Gi
Greetings, all! As we forge ahead into 2025, I hope your year has begun with hope and strength as we face an anxiously anticipated future together on this eve of the latest presidential inauguration.
Kwanzaa ended the week I left for Senegal and I was honored to accept another invitation from Third Unitarian Church of Chicago to design and co-lead a Kwanzaa service for their community on Ujaama Sunday. The link I’m sharing with you will take you to a YouTube video; you can also listen to it via SoundCloud from Third Unitarian Church‘s website.
I am proud of the celebration that TUC's worship team and I put together which took place on the day of Ujamaa: cooperative economics. During the recording you will hear me honoring ancestors that transitioned this year (Ella Jenkins, Faith Ringgold, Nicki Giovanni and Quincy Jones to name a few), aligning their legacies to the Nguzo Saba – the seven principles of Kwanzaa. I hope you enjoy and take meaning from it.
In the spirit of care and protection,
Atena
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