Join us for an evening of reflection, self-determination, and empowerment as we celebrate Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility). This intimate Kwanzaa dinner will explore our history, resilience, and collective vision for building liberatory infrastructure in our community.

Guided by Kellie Easton, CEO of Action4Equity, and Kenneth Reid, COO of Action4Equity, we will engage in transformative conversations inspired by impactful works, including Collective Courage by Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Powernomics by Dr. Claud Anderson, The Defeat of Black Power by Leonard Moore, Black Political Organizations by Ollie Johnson III and Karin Stanford, Worse Than Trump by Dayvon Love, and Black Genius by Walter Mosley.

This evening will also weave in the rich tapestry of our local history, drawing connections between the lessons of these texts and actionable steps toward unity and progress.

Date & Time: December 28th | 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: St. Stephens Missionary Baptist Church, 5000 Noble Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Attire: Come as you please
Limited Seating. Registration Required.

Honoring: Terrance Hawkins & Micha James

Join us in community as we celebrate the spirit of Ujima, honor those who are making a difference, and envision a liberated future for Winston-Salem.

Bibliography for Featured Texts

Nembhard, Jessica Gordon.
Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice.
University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2014.
Anderson, Claud.
PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America.
Bethesda: PowerNomics Corporation of America, Inc., 2001.
Moore, Leonard N.
The Defeat of Black Power: Civil Rights and the National Black Political Convention of 1972.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2018.
Johnson III, Ollie A. and Stanford, Karin L.
Black Political Organizations in the Post–Civil Rights Era.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2002.
Love, Dayvon.
Worse Than Trump: The American Plantation.
Self-published, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, 2020.
Mosley, Walter.
Black Genius: African American Solutions to African American Problems.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1999.

Strength Through Culture

By Action4Equity

Strength Through Culture

An Intimate Kwanzaa Dinner & Discussion on Liberatory Infrastructure Through Collective Work and Rigor