Looking for an opportunity to celebrate Kwanzaa in South Florida this year? There are a number of celebrations taking place throughout Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties. Below is a list of a few of them. Want to be added to the list? Email us at asalhsouthflorida@gmail.com.
Wednesday, December 20th, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration, Old Dillard Museum, 1009 NW 4th Street, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311.
Old Dillard Museum invites you and the entire family out for it’s annual Pre – Kwanzaa Celebration featuring Darius Daughtry and the Art Prevails Project Troupe. Free Admission!!
Saturday, December 23rd, 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Kwanzaa Celebration, Little Haiti Cultural Complex, 212 NE 59th Terrace, Miami, Florida 33137
Honoring Our Elders &Paying Homage to our Ancestors. Come be a part of our #Free Kwanzaa Celebration Event. This event is open to the public. Key Note Speaker: Ms. Emily Diane Gunter, URGENT, Inc. Activities will include: Words from our Keynote Speaker, Presentation of the #Unity table and 7 #Principles of Kwanzaa, and Cultural Artistic Expression. We ask the community to bring fruits, vegetables, nuts and other wholesome items as an offering to our unity table. For More Info: Call 305-978-3866 OR visit www.delouafrica.org.
December 26th through January 1st, 6pm (Daily)
Lighting of the Candles/ A Kwanzaa Celebration
Cultural Expression, 401 S. 21st Avenue/Jackson, Hollywood, Florida 33020
Celebrating Kwanzaa created by Maulana Karenga . Coming Together in Umoja {unity} with Nguzo Saba {the 7 principles of Kwanzaa. A Festive week-long schedule of events to enjoy and embrace. Networking, vendors, food, dancing, workshops, and the Children’s village with arts/crafts, games, and griot story time.
Friday, December 29th, 4:30pm – 8:00pm
Mary Williams Woodard Legacy Kwanzaa Celebration
African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, 6161 NW 22nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33142
This year, we are excited to have Javonté Anyabwelé and his family join us. They embody the Principles of Kwanzaa and have garnered a social media following as the deliberate in supporting Black-owned businesses and teaching Black culture. We will also be treated to the talents of musician, dancer and artist, Prince Emmanuel Abiodun Aderele and the OsunDara Dance Theater, Grammy-nominated spoken word artist Rebecca “Butterfly” Vaughns and the award-winning Next Generation Dance Academy.
Nickelodeon HALO Awards winner, culture influencer, philanthropist, speaker and mogul-in-the-making, Zoe Terry returns with her Zoe’s Great Doll Give-Away. Zoe’s Dolls collects and distributes little brown dolls for little brown girls.
Our unsung hero community salute goes to Valencia Gunder, James Mungin II BKA “Munch” and Konscious Kontractors for their incredible demonstration of the Principles of Kwanzaa in our community, especially during and after Hurricane Irma when many were without food and were faced with debris and damaged homes.
Hosted by the Miami-Dade Chapter of the FAMU National Alumni Association, the Dr. Arthur & Mary Woodard Foundation for Education and Culture and Osun’s Village African Caribbean Arts Corridor.
The event is FREE but we do ask that you register at KwanzaaMiami28.eventbrite.com. Kwanzaa is a non-religious, non-political, family-friendly holiday. Enjoy the Soul Food Feast, music, dancing and celebrating with friends.
Donations of books and new, unwrapped educational toys are greatly appreciated.
If you have any questions, email Vanessa Byers at vanessawbyers@gmail.com or call (305) 343-9088. Thank you. HARAMBEE!
Friday, December 29th, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Kwanzaa Celebration by Simunye
Jim Ward Community Center, 301 NW 46th Avenue, Plantation, Florida 33317
Simunye is a non-profit organization founded by the late Dr. Morris Johnson, Professor of African and African American History at various institutions in Miami. In Kiswahili Simunye means “We are One’. Dr. Tameka Bradley Hobbs is the keynote speaker.
Saturday, December 30th, 2:30pm – 6:00pm
Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, 170 NW 5th Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444
Celebrate the year end at the annual Kwanzaa Celebration. Kwanzaa honors the values of ancient African cultures and is inspiring to people who are working for progress. Be part of the reaffirmation of the individual, community, culture, family and environment. This event is held in partnership with the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and the Sankofa Study Group.
Sunday, December 31st, 11:00 a.m.
Kwanzaa Service
Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Lauderdale, 3970 NW 21st Avenue, Oakland Park, Florida 33309
Guest speaker Dr. Tameka Bradley Hobbs is a lecturer at Florida Memorial University and is a facilitator and curriculum developer for the South Florida People of Colore and their Unity360 Community Race Dialogue Series.
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