Holidays and Observances
These articles include things that concern holidays and observances such as suicide days, weeks, and moths of awareness for social causes.
- All Articles, Black & African American Topics, Holidays and Observances, Minority Topics, Social Awareness, Uncategorized
7 Principles of Kwanzaa and How to Celebrate the Holiday
So tell me if this sounds like you. You havem gotten closer to you African heritage and started to embrace and admire your blackness. You learned about and want to celebrate Kwanzaa, but you do not know exactly what to do. First, What is Kwanzaa? If you already know this, feel free to scroll down to “Celebration Ideas” to get straight to the good stuff! Kwanzaa is a celebration that is tied to blackness and all those is the African Diaspora. It’s about learning about and celebrating black culture, black business, and black community/unity. It is not a religious holiday and can be celbrated alongside other holidays CLICK HERE…
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5 Myths About Kwanzaa: No it is Not the African Christmas or African Hanukkah
Habari Gani? For those of you who do not know know, it means “What’s the news?’ It’s kind of like What’s up? But it is supposed to be answered with the 7 principles of Kwanzaa according to what day we are on! We will get into what those 7 principles are, but for now, let’s give a basic introduction to Kwanzaa and dispel some myths about kwanzaa Myth 1: Kwanzaa is an African Holiday It is a holiday that celebrates all people who are apart of the African Diaspoa. That means that their ancestry is in Africa, but they may have left, or got kidnapped and sold elsewhere It does not…
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Surviving Thanksgiving: 6 Things You Must Do to Help Maintain Your Sanity This Year
Surviving Thanksgiving is not easy. Here are 6 tips to help you keep y our sanity this year!
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Your Ultimate Guide to Pride (Sex, Gender and Orientations)
June is Pride Month. Pride month celebrates taking pride in your sexuality and sexual orientations. With the long and discriminatory history to deviant sexual orientations, it is very little common knowledge about sexuality. This post will list and explain the different sexual and romantic orientations. My hope is that through this post, people become educated and aware that there is more than one orientation, and that through understanding the spectrum, tolerance and love is built. First, we need to establish some definitions.
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5 Horrible Questions to Ask A New College Graduate (And What to Say Instead)
If you have ever went to college (and graduated), you know that the questions asked of you on your graduation day are intrusive, insensitive, and anxiety provoking. The reality is that on graduation day, graduates have probably just finished finals within that week. They probably have gone through so many changing emotions, and they are probably super concerned with the next phase of life without the pressuring questions to dwell on it even more. With that said, here are 5 questions NOT to ask a college graduate, and what you should say instead.
