Fli-City Blackout

01/01/2026

All activities will be held every day at Flint Odyssey House - Adolescent Center.
Location: 718 Oak St. Flint, MI 48503
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Join via Zoom: https://bit.ly/Kwanzaa2025

Media: https://midmichigannow.com/news/local/flint-community-unites-for-annual-kwanzaa-celebration-from-december-26-to-january-1

The Nguzo Saba (7 Principles of Kwanzaa) is a set of principles that guide the lives of the Afrikan people. Applying these practices to our daily lives provides stability, structure, a way of life, and how to succeed. Kwanzaa means “first fruit of the harvest” in the Afrikan language of Kiswalia. Many phrases used in Kwanzaa are in Swahili, which is the language chosen to represent Afrikan heritage. Continental Afrikan “first fruit” celebrations: ingathering; reverence; commemoration; recommitment; and celebration. Kwanzaa was established in 1966 in the midst of the Black Freedom Movement and thus reflects its concern for cultural focus in thought and practice, and the unity and self-determination associated with this. It was conceived and established to serve several functions.

Kwanzaa Principle:
December 26, 2025: Umoja/Unity
December 27, 2025: Kujichagulia/Self-determination
December 28, 2025: Ujima/Collective Work & Responsibility December 29, 2025: Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics
December 30, 2025: Nia/Purpose
December 31, 2025: Kuumba/Creativity
January 1, 2026: Imani/Faith

12/30/2025

All activities will be held every day at Flint Odyssey House - Adolescent Center.
Location: 718 Oak St. Flint, MI 48503
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Join via Zoom: https://bit.ly/Kwanzaa2025

Media: https://midmichigannow.com/news/local/flint-community-unites-for-annual-kwanzaa-celebration-from-december-26-to-january-1

The Nguzo Saba (7 Principles of Kwanzaa) is a set of principles that guide the lives of the Afrikan people. Applying these practices to our daily lives provides stability, structure, a way of life, and how to succeed. Kwanzaa means “first fruit of the harvest” in the Afrikan language of Kiswalia. Many phrases used in Kwanzaa are in Swahili, which is the language chosen to represent Afrikan heritage. Continental Afrikan “first fruit” celebrations: ingathering; reverence; commemoration; recommitment; and celebration. Kwanzaa was established in 1966 in the midst of the Black Freedom Movement and thus reflects its concern for cultural focus in thought and practice, and the unity and self-determination associated with this. It was conceived and established to serve several functions. Kwanzaa Principle: December 26, 2025: Umoja/Unity December 27, 2025: Kujichagulia/Self-determination December 28, 2025: Ujima/Collective Work & Responsibility December 29, 2025: Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics December 30, 2025: Nia/Purpose December 31, 2025: Kuumba/Creativity January 1, 2026: Imani/Faith

12/30/2025

12/29 Ujamaa- Cooperative Economics- NFFM North Flint Food Market board members- Mrs. Connie Edwards, Reverend Freelon Threlkheld, general manager- Patricia Wright

12/30/2025

12/29 Ujamaa-Cooperative Economics Blessing of the children

12/30/2025

12/29 Ujamaa- Cooperative Economics Litany

12/30/2025

12/29 Ujamaa Cooperative Economics Libations

12/30/2025

12/29 Ujamaa- Cooperative Economics Candle Lighting

12/29/2025

Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
Day 4

12/29/2025

12/28 Ujima – Collective Work and Responsibility, Kwanzaa Chairman DeWaun E. Robinson presenting Pastor Saddler to facilitate collective work and responsibility.

12/29/2025

The community is hosting its annual Flint Kwanzaa Celebration at the Flint Odyssey Youth & Adolescent Center located at 718 Oak St. Flint, MI from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm.

Community members in Flint will gather daily from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1 for a weeklong celebration of Kwanzaa, centered on unity, culture and reflection on the seven principles known as the Nguzo Saba.

12/29/2025

12/28 Ujima – Collective Work and Responsibility. Blessing of
the children.

We bless the children every day from the crown of the head to the soul of their feet. We bless their mouth, their ears, their eyes, their heart, and their feet. We bless that only good things come in and out of their mouths in the ears and that there is in their feed are focused and pivoted on the right path and that their hearts remain righteous and full of love and these things that we bless; We bless for the remainder of their life!