Search site New Info on the Site Search catalog Renew Library Items Calendar of Events Recent Donations Give a Memorial Give an Honor Book Library Blogs Sign Up for E-News Interlibrary Loan Web Search Engines Hickory Metro Information Pathfinders Recommended Web Sites Websites en espanol Websites in Hmong Electronic Resource Tutorials Library Information   Who are we?   Where are we?   Who may use the library?   Library Closings   General Services   Children's Services   Reference Services   Library Periodicals   Library Policies   Long-Range Plan   Staff Directory   Media Releases   Loan Periods   Library Statistics   Library History   Staff Columns   Photos from Past Programs   Library Organizations   Library Endowments   CITY OF HICKORY   Staff Intranet © 2006 City of Hickory       All Rights Reserved

Kwanzaa Celebration Set for December 29th

Ridgeview Branch Library and Friends of Ridgeview Branch Library will host this year’s Kwanzaa Celebration on Friday, December 29 th beginning at 5:30 p.m. The evening of education, entertainment and refreshments will be held at Ridgeview Recreation Center, located at 700 1 st Street SW next to the library.

The program features a presentation of the seven principles of Kwanzaa by Claudia Teague. Melanie Conner will highlight the fourth principle – Ujamaa, Cooperative Economics, “to build and maintain stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them.”

The NAACP Youth Dancers will perform and the Friends of Ridgeview Branch Library will serve refreshments.

Kwanzaa is a unique American celebration that honors African American heritage. Unlike the celebrations of Christmas and Hanukkah, Kwanzaa is a cultural rather than religious observance that not only commemorates the sacrifice and struggles of the past, but also focuses on future goals based upon seven principles. The celebration focuses on each principles with symbolic foods, activities, traditional stories, and discussions of the cultural heritage of Americans of African descent. Kwanzaa has been a community event celebrated in the Ridgeview community, one of Hickory’s two historically African American communities, since 1970.

For information call Ridgeview Branch Library at 345-6037.