DECEMBER 30th
NIA – PURPOSE
Friday, December 30, 2022 | 7PM
LIVE in-person Family Friendly events:
Roxbury Boys & Girls Club, 115 Warren St., MA 02121
SPONSORED BY: GREATER BOSTON ASSOCIATION, BLACK SOCIAL WORKERS, STAJEZ DANCE COMPANY, MARCUS ANTHONY HALL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE
DECEMBER 31st
KUUMBA (KARAMU – FEAST NIGHT) – CREATIVITY
Saturday, December 31, 2022 | 7PM
Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, 1350 Tremont St., Roxbury, MA 02120
SPONSORED BY: FATHER’S IN NEED (FIN), MOSQUE FOR THE PRAISING OF ALLAH, ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
JANUARY 1ST
IMANI – FAITH
Sunday, January 1, 2023 | 4PM
The Dewitt Center 122 Dewitt Drive, Roxbury, MA 02119
SPONSORED BY : BLACK COMMUNITY INFORMATION CENTER INC. (BCIC)
The “Kwanzaa Song” available at each event!
Each day is represented by one of the NGUZO SABA (7 Principles)
UMOJA – Unity
KUJICHAGULIA – Self-Determination
UJIMA – Collective Work & Responsibility
UJAMAA – Cooperative Economics
NIA – Purpose
KUUMBA (KARAMU – FEAST NIGHT) – Creativity
IMANI – Faith
AN ALL-AFRIKAN EVENT/PEOPLE OF COLOR SPACE!
SPONSORED BY THE COMMUNITY KWANZAA COMMITTEE, A PROGRAM OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY INFORMATION CENTER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.BLACKINFONOW.ORG OR
CALL BCIC AT 617-42
First Night Event dates were compiled by
THE BOSTON CALENDAR
(c) The Boston Calendar, www.theBostonCalendar.com
Saturday, December 31
10:00am EST
How Do You See the World + Mapparium Experience
12:00pm EST
12:45pm EST
1:00pm EST
Chester Brezniak and Yelena Beriyeva
Emancipation Proclamation Concert
1:30pm EST
2:00pm EST
2:15pm EST
3:00pm EST
Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association
3:30pm EST
Drumming About You – Interactive Drumming
3:45pm EST
4:00pm EST
Drumming About You – Interactive Drumming
4:30pm EST
Drumming About You – Interactive Drumming
5:00pm EST
5:50pm EST
Opening Ceremony and First Night Parade
6:00pm EST
6:30pm EST
7:00pm EST
City of Boston’s Family Fireworks Produced by The Mugar Foundation & The City of Boston
7:30pm EST
8:30pm EST
9:00pm EST
9:40pm EST
10:30pm EST
11:30pm EST
First Night Copley Countdown and Midnight Pyrotechnics Display
Sunday, January 1
12:00am EST
Boston Harbor Fireworks Produced by The Friends of Christopher Columbus Park
11:00am EST
12:00pm EST
1:00pm EST
