ON 50 YEARS OF SERVICE, STRUGGLE, AND INSTITUTION BUILDING
To celebrate 50th Anniversary of the NGUZO SABA (The Seven Principles), the founding of Organization Us, and the African American Cultural Center/Us as a seminal Black Power Philosophy vanguard for racial and social justice, as well as a dynamic structure , program, media, and resource, Dr. Maulana Karenga, Us, and their African American Cultural Center (AACC) of Los Angeles hosted a four (4) day Conference and Awards Luncheon September 24-27 at LA'S Sheraton Gateway Hotel.
This blog is dedicated to making weekly reports on the landmark NGUZO SABA 2015 CONFERENCE as well as its follow-up initiatives either out of Los Angeles or as a result of initiatives taken by Kawaida Philosophy advocates as they return to their respective cities around the country.
The official Conference frame was "[The] 50th Anniversary (1965-2015) [of] The NGUZO SABA (The Seven Principles), The Organization Us and The African American Cultural Center/Us." More, the major Conference theme was: "The Seven Principles and Us: Celebrating and Sustaining Family, Community and Culture."
NGUZO SABA 2015 was prefaced by an all-day intensive on Kawaida cultural grounding for educators on Thursday, September 24 in the Executive Board Room of the Gateway Sheraton. It was formally advanced as a "One-day Teachers Cultural Grounding and Infusion Seminar/Workshop." This Pre-Conference gathering was then followed by the formal opening Conference Reception later that evening by the Sheraton Hotel Pool.
The main body of NGUZO SABA 2015 was launched Friday, September, 25, after an opening welcome, with its lead-off 9AM panel #1 headed "Building Community: Issues and Initiatives." Panel #2 followed at 11AM focused on "Black Male/Female Relations: Principles and Best Practices."
Friday's Conference program continued after a lunch break with Panel #3 at 1:45PM headed "Rebuilding the Movement: Strategies and Struggles/Roundtable Discussion." Panel #4 followed at 3:15 PM headed an "NGUZO SABA Legacy Conversation with Dr. Julius Garvey on 'The Legacy of the Hon. Marcus Garvey.'"
After the dinner hour, Friday's Conference program was concluded with a 7PM NGUZO SABA 2015 Town Hall Forum headed "Critical Issues of Our Times: Politics, Public Policy and Community Engagement."
The official Conference frame was "[The] 50th Anniversary (1965-2015) [of] The NGUZO SABA (The Seven Principles), The Organization Us and The African American Cultural Center/Us." More, the major Conference theme was: "The Seven Principles and Us: Celebrating and Sustaining Family, Community and Culture."
Conference Overview Part I
NGUZO SABA 2015 was prefaced by an all-day intensive on Kawaida cultural grounding for educators on Thursday, September 24 in the Executive Board Room of the Gateway Sheraton. It was formally advanced as a "One-day Teachers Cultural Grounding and Infusion Seminar/Workshop." This Pre-Conference gathering was then followed by the formal opening Conference Reception later that evening by the Sheraton Hotel Pool.
The main body of NGUZO SABA 2015 was launched Friday, September, 25, after an opening welcome, with its lead-off 9AM panel #1 headed "Building Community: Issues and Initiatives." Panel #2 followed at 11AM focused on "Black Male/Female Relations: Principles and Best Practices."
Friday's Conference program continued after a lunch break with Panel #3 at 1:45PM headed "Rebuilding the Movement: Strategies and Struggles/Roundtable Discussion." Panel #4 followed at 3:15 PM headed an "NGUZO SABA Legacy Conversation with Dr. Julius Garvey on 'The Legacy of the Hon. Marcus Garvey.'"
After the dinner hour, Friday's Conference program was concluded with a 7PM NGUZO SABA 2015 Town Hall Forum headed "Critical Issues of Our Times: Politics, Public Policy and Community Engagement."
Conference Overview Part II
Arguably the Conference peaked on Saturday, September 26 starting with its opening 9AM panel #5 headed "Kawaida, Africana Studies and the Community: Womanism." Panel #6 followed at 10:30AM with its complimentary yet contrasting focus on "Kawaida, Africana Studies and the Community: Theory and Practice." The scene shifted to the Conference centerpiece that was the "Us 50th Anniversary Awards Luncheon" at 12Noon where Dr. Molefi Asante served as keynote speaker and Poet Haki Madubuti served as cultural presenter.
The Luncheon was immediately followed by an "Author's book party" at 3:15PM that featured the release of the Second Edition of "Essays in Struggle: Position and Analysis-Black Power Series" by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies, California State University at Long Beach: major Black Power activist/scholar and social ethical philosopher. The afternoon's events concluded with panel #7 at 4:30PM headed "Creative Production: Insights and Institution Building."
Peak Conference discussion turn-out seemed to be reached with Saturday evening's 7PM session headed "Remembrance, Reflection and Resistance: Mapping the Course of Our Current Struggle (A Dialogue Between Dr. Maulana Karenga and Dr. Cornel West)."
Sunday morning, September 27th saw the Conference close at the Us/African American Cultural Center in Leimert Park, South Central LA with panels #8 and #9 the former headed "Saida/Simba Conversations: Black Men Raising and Rising" and the latter headed "Spirituality and Ethics: Faith of Our Fathers and Mothers."
Pastor Khunanpu Sangoma, Reformation Church-Chicago, NAKO-Chicago Study Group, and Communications & Program Committee Member of the National Black Evangelical Association (NBEA-Chicago Chapter), 10/10/15
The Luncheon was immediately followed by an "Author's book party" at 3:15PM that featured the release of the Second Edition of "Essays in Struggle: Position and Analysis-Black Power Series" by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies, California State University at Long Beach: major Black Power activist/scholar and social ethical philosopher. The afternoon's events concluded with panel #7 at 4:30PM headed "Creative Production: Insights and Institution Building."
Peak Conference discussion turn-out seemed to be reached with Saturday evening's 7PM session headed "Remembrance, Reflection and Resistance: Mapping the Course of Our Current Struggle (A Dialogue Between Dr. Maulana Karenga and Dr. Cornel West)."
Sunday morning, September 27th saw the Conference close at the Us/African American Cultural Center in Leimert Park, South Central LA with panels #8 and #9 the former headed "Saida/Simba Conversations: Black Men Raising and Rising" and the latter headed "Spirituality and Ethics: Faith of Our Fathers and Mothers."
Pastor Khunanpu Sangoma, Reformation Church-Chicago, NAKO-Chicago Study Group, and Communications & Program Committee Member of the National Black Evangelical Association (NBEA-Chicago Chapter), 10/10/15
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