Kwanzaa awards and celebration held in Harrisburg

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A celebration of Kwanzaa was held at John Harris Excessive College in Harrisburg on Saturday.

Every week-long celebration begins on Dec. 26. Nonetheless a celebration was held, and honors seven principals:

• Unity
• Self-determination
• Work and Duty
• Cooperative Economics
• Goal
• Creativity
• Religion

An awards ceremony was held and hosted by Life Esteem. It was held to acknowledge those that symbolize these qualities.

“It’s a celebration, not a lot of a vacation, and it’s a celebration of our tradition and group on the identical time wish to be not solely unified in race however unified as a individuals. So we hope all individuals actually, will embrace the ideas of Kwanzaa,” Rev. Nathaniel Gadsden of Life Esteem mentioned.

abc27’s Valerie Pritchett served because the emcee for the Kwanzaa awards ceremony. Distributors and leisure, together with a style present by ABW Manufacturing, have been additionally featured.