Word: kwanzaa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...applauded by Kilson and others for its attempts to reach out to underprivileged communities of all races. BSA members, rallied by the group's Community Service Representative Jennifer L. Lipkowitz '97, are involved in projects that range from painting multicultural murals in Roxbury to organizing a Kwanzaa celebration for over 300 students at a local elementary school...
...acted out skits that demonstrated the seven different principles of Kwanzaa, [and] explained that Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, but people of all religions could participate in it," Brown said...
...members said this was just one part of the enthusiastic reaction they received to their presentation at Martin Luther King Elementary School. Approximately 30 BSA members attended in order to educate students about Kwanzaa, the cultural holiday for African-Americans, according to Brown, who is a Crimson editor...
...first part of the assembly, BSA members explained the meaning of Kwanzaa and its seven principles: faith, purpose, creativity, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, unity and self-determination...
...Kwanzaa, a seven-day holiday highlighting African heritage and first celebrated in 1965, begins later in the month and ends on New Year's Day, Brown said...