{"id":4484,"date":"2018-12-08T12:57:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T12:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=4484"},"modified":"2018-12-08T12:57:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T12:57:14","slug":"kwanzaa-at-the-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/12\/08\/kwanzaa-at-the-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwanzaa at The Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

By:\u00a0Khalil Brim ’21, staff writer<\/p>\n

LVC hosted its first Kwanzaa celebration on Thursday, Dec. 6.<\/p>\n

Forty students and a handful of faculty members including LVC President Dr. Lewis E. Thayne attended this celebration put together by the Office of Intercultural Affairs, the Black Student Union, Asian Culture Club and Hispanic Alliance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was such a wonderful event,\u201d Evelyn Velazquez, a second-year physical therapy major, said.\u00a0\u201cIt was good to see everyone dressed up for this occasion. I was able to learn so much about the holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Participants of the celebration were welcomed to Zimmerman Hall by jazz music and a greeter who met them at the door. The night’s events started with the singing of the Negro National Anthem sung by first-year student\u00a0Raynae\u00a0Bosley.<\/p>\n

The history of Kwanzaa was then explained by Director of Intercultural Affairs and the Dean of Inclusion and Engagement Renata Williams.\u00a0 After reading out the seven principles of Kwanzaa, Williams asked for seven volunteers to come light the seven Kwanzaa candles.<\/p>\n

Once the traditional lighting of the candles was finished, tables were dismissed to be served soul food catered by Mana Cafe. While people enjoyed their food, The V-Stepper Step Team performed. The nights activities came to an end with the chanting of the Swahili word\u00a0harambe\u00a0which means coming together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to make this celebration into an annual event,\u201d\u00a0Williams said.\u00a0\u201cWe intend to keep on doing celebrations and events such as these in the future in order to spread awareness of all of the wonderful traditions there are out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Look for the second annual Kwanzaa celebration that will be held at the end of the fall semester of 2019.<\/p>\n

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