3rd Day of Celebrations Ujima Collective Work & Responsiblity

 

A Celebration of Family, Community and the Common Good

Collective Work and Responsibility/Ujima

Do as many work activities as you can as a family

To work in a cooperative manner to strengthen our families, understanding that the well-being of our families is connected to the well being of our neighborhoods; that everyone must be concern with the overall health of their family and neighborhood; and that the well-being of our families and that of our neighborhoods are bound together

Perspective on Collective Work and Responsibility

 

The principle collective work and responsibility is best captured in by the African proverb says,

“It takes a village to raise a child.”

 

This principle teaches that family members must recognize that their own well-being is derived from their family’s and community’s well being. That they must be concerned  with the overall health of their family and community.

The  principle instructs  us that he lives of each family member and that of the community are bound together, and that the success of any one their lives is an aspect of and dependent on the goodness and health of the community as a whole. That there can be no private accounting of the success or failure of their individual lives one by one.  Community and the families which make up the community are responsible for the success and failure of the community in its totality.

 

We must focus: What Collective Work and Responsibility Day is about?

 

Some activities may include, but are not mandatory:

• Review the Kwanzaa symbols
• Make the celebration focus on your family
• Make the celebration festive and joyous
• Try to have a special meal- at home or away

Self-Determination Day Activities:

• Select a project and do it together as a family or community
• Take the initiative to help a family member, friend, or neighbor with a problems or issue

Source:http://kwanzaaguide.com/2010/12/december-26-day-one-of-kwanzaa-umoja-day/