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Day 3 Ujima (Collective work and responsibility)
To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems and to solve them together.
Ritual: Light the Black candle and two green candles (right to left).
Embodied Profile
Tyler Perry (1969) is an American actor, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the creator and performer of Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough elderly woman. Perry has supported civil rights through large-scale and individual donations, making history in 2009 with the largest-ever individual contribution—$1 million—to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He also has a history of covering the expenses for rent, funerals and college education for those in need, particularly in his Atlanta community.
Song
STLT #168 "One More Step"
“Harvest For The World” by The Isley Brothers
Quote
“You are where you are today because you stand on somebody’s shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulders of others, you have a reciprocal responsibility to live your life so that others may stand on your shoulders. It’s the quid pro quo of life. We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give.” — Vernon Jordan
Book
A Home Away from Home: Mutual Aid, Political Activism, and Caribbean American Identity by Tyesha Maddox. ISBN-13: 978-1512824544
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