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7 Days of Collective Celebration is a bold, joyful initiative that activates the power of collectives during the African American Kwanzaa Holiday Season. Rooted in exchange, reciprocity, and shared abundance, the project spotlights how communities can uplift one another through the sharing of services, resources, wisdom, and lived experience.

During the seven days of Kwanzaa in 2021, collectives from around the world were featured in daily one-hour virtual experiences. Each gathering brought the Kwanzaa principles to life through, cultural expression, service offerings, interviews and invitations for participants to engage directly with the featured collectives and their work.

At its heart, the project is a living expression of practicing Kwanzaa every day, together, across our budding Global Resource Network. The goal is connection. The intention is mutual support. The vision is global collaboration. Through the generous sharing of resources, services, and information, the project began laying the foundation for a thriving network grounded in abundance rather than scarcity.

Each day was elevated by a powerful artistic premiere—original choreography by an emerging choreographer, performed to Kwanzaa, a song created by Dr. Byron Johns, Founder of A Place To Be. Through music and movement, the principles of Kwanzaa were embodied, celebrated, and carried forward as living cultural practice.

The celebration reached across borders, with participating countries including Ghana, Canada, Jamaica, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Africa, and alongside numerous collectives from cities across the United States. This virtual Festival honored the wealth that already exists within our communities and illuminated what becomes possible when we intentionally collaborate within a shared network of care, creativity, and collective power.