Day 2 Kujichagulia (Self-determination)

To define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak for ourselves.

Ritual: Light the Black candle and the first green candle (right to left).

Embodied Profile

• Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite despite being born into slavery.

Song

• STLT #188 "Come, Come, Whoever You Are"

• “Good as Hell” by Lizzo

Quote

“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.”
- Toni Morrison, Beloved

Book

• You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke (Editor), Brené Brown (Editor).
  ISBN-13 ‏978-0593243633

• Unafraid of the Dark by Rosemary L. Bray-McNatt.
  ISBN-13: 978-0385494755

TV

• Living Single (1993-1998)