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DESCRIPTION:Stockton Kwanzaa Ag Celebration\nNoon, Wednesday, December 30, 2015\n\nUC 
 Yoga, Health and Wellness ~ Historic Stockton Waterfront\n445 W.Weber Ave, 
 Suite 128 Waterfront Studio\n\nThe Historic Stockton Waterfront will come 
 alive with our annual Stockton Kwanzaa Celebration, showcasing the 
 restoration of “Agriculture as the Foundation of our 
 Culture.”\n\nKwanzaa is our “First Fruits of the Harvest” 
 Celebration, found in the biblical account of Exodus 23:16.  For 
 generations, people of African ancestry labored as chattel slaves 
 throughout agriculture America.  Many enslaved and formerly enslaved human 
 beings found a new beginning in the City of Stockton as early pioneers in a 
 modern day Exodus. \n\nIn 1854, Reverend Jeremiah King founded the African 
 Baptist Church on West Washington Street, in the Historic Stockton 
 Waterfront District.  The early Black pioneers in the City of Stockton were 
 agriculturalists, educators and civic responsible citizens. \n\nNear the 
 end of the US Civil War, a 13th amendment to the Constitution of the United 
 States was proposed by the Thirty-eighth Congress and signed by President 
 Abraham Lincoln on February 1, 1865.  After ratification by 27 of 36 
 States, US Secretary of State William Seward issued an official 
 proclamation authorizing the beginning of the legal abolishment of slavery 
 and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime, dated 
 December 18, 1865.\n\nIn 1965, as part of the Modern Civil Rights Movement, 
 in the aftermath of the Watts Riot in California, the son of Black Farmer 
 and Baptist preacher restored the ancient celebration of the "first fruits 
 of the harvest" today's Pan African Holiday, our Kwanzaa Ag Celebration. 
 \n\nCalifornia remains the #1 Agriculture Economy in America, and many 
 agriculture sectors of "California Grown" products are the world standard. 
 California ranks No. 1 in U.S. fruit production, growing an overwhelming 
 majority of the Nation’s grapes, strawberries, peaches, nectarines, 
 avocados, raspberries, kiwifruit, olives, dates, and figs. California’s 
 tree nut production supplies virtually all U.S. almonds, walnuts, and 
 pistachios. \n\n2016 Black Agriculture will share expanded equitable 
 partnerships throughout the broader California Agriculture industry, with a 
 focus on Urban Agriculture job creation, career advance and community 
 economic development.\n\nNia, means purpose, the 5th principle of Kwanzaa.  
 Today, we continue to honor the earliest Black pioneers in the City of 
 Stockton, many interred within Block 27~Stockton Rural Cemetery in an 
 ongoing separate and unequal way.\n\nOur purpose, preparing for 2016 is to 
 engage a new generation of Black Agriculturalists throughout the City of 
 Stockton and throughout the State of California, ready to take advantage of 
 expanding California ~ Pan African Agriculture Trade and Commerce, in the 
 spirit of Kwanzaa. \n\nOur Annual Stockton Kwanzaa Celebration continues to 
 share the past, present and future contributions of Black Agriculture, 
 honoring our rich agricultural heritage throughout the world.  The 
 California Black Agriculture Working Group remains steadfast, sharing our 
 “California Grown” 49th Season of Kwanzaa Holiday Celebrations in the 
 heart of the Central Valley, "the greatest garden in the world."\n\nDr. 
 Maulana Karenga, founded Kwanzaa as a spiritual, festive, joyous 
 celebration of the oneness and goodness of life. Kwanzaa celebrates 
 agriculture as a way of life. Kwanzaa is a living social practice and 
 Kwanzaa is a time of remembering, reassessing, recommitting, rewarding and 
 rejoicing.\n\nOn this day, we pause and share with our friends globally, 
 especially people of African Ancestry to consider a sustainable approach 
 and scientific methodology toward expanding an ancient/future understanding 
 of the "first fruits of the harvest." \n\n7 Principles of the Nguzo Saba 
 (n-Goo-zo Sah-bah)\nUmoja (Oo-moh-jah) – Unity Kujichagulia 
 (Koo-jee-ch-goo-lee-ah) – Self-Determination Ujima (Oo-jee-mah) 
 Collective Work and Responsibility Ujamaa (Oo-jah-mah) Cooperative 
 Economics Nia (Nee-yah) – Purpose Kuumba (Koo-oom-bah) – Creativity 
 Imani (Ee-mah-nee) - Faith \n\n7 Kwanzaa Symbols \nMkeka (Mm-kay-kah) – 
 Straw mat (Symbolizing foundation – our tradition and history) Kinara 
 (Ka-nah-rah) – Candleholder (Symbolizing our ancestors) Mishumaa Saba 
 (Mee-shoo-mah) Seven candles (Symbolizing the seven principles) Vibunzi 
 (Vee-boon-zee) - Ears of corn (Symbolizing our children) Mazao (Mah-zah-oh) 
 - Fruit and vegetables (Symbolizing cultivation and productive labor) 
 Kikombe Cha (Kee-khom-bay-cha ) - Unity cup (Symbolizing unity) Zawadi 
 (Zah-wah-dee) – Gifts (Symbolizing commitments made and kept)\n\n~30~\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/12/29/18781281.php
SUMMARY:Stockton Kwanzaa Agriculture Celebration
LOCATION:Stockton Waterfront Warehouse\n445 W.Weber Ave. Suite 128 Courtyard 
 Studio\nStockton, CA  95203
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/12/29/18781281.php
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