HACC Celebrates Kwanzaa December 3 and 4

The public is invited to Harrisburg Area Community College to celebrate Kwanzaa on Friday, December 3, from 6-9pm, and Saturday, December 4, from 10am-7pm. The festival will feature dramatic readings, music, food, merchandise, health screenings, and activities for children. All events are free and will be held in the Cooper Student Center.

Friday's celebration begins with a welcome, followed by a Kwanzaa presentation by Nate Gadsden's Writer's Wordshop. Then, the seven principles of Kwanzaa, unity, self-determination, responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith, will be observed. A celebratory feast of Kwanzaa, the Karamu, will conclude Friday's program.

Saturday's events begin with a 3 on 3 basketball tournament at 8am. The competition will continue until 7pm in the James Evans Physical Education Center. Participants and spectators alike are welcome to take part in the celebration in the Cooper Student Center between games.

The schedule of entertainment in the Cooper Student Center includes the following:

• DJ Mark Hawthorne throughout the day between 10am and 4pm
• 11am - Zion Academy School Choir
• noon - Oasis-Island Sounds‹Steel drum, reggae/calypso music
• 1pm - Workshop on Self-Esteem
• 1pm - Puppet show in the Children's Activity room
• 2pm - Music by FOCUS, R&B/jazz fusion
• 3pm - Fashion Show by ABW Productions and Genesis Modeling
• 5pm - African Dance by Imani Edutainers

Additional events include activities for children and food and merchandise. From 10am to 2pm, health agencies along with HACC nursing students will be offering health screenings for glaucoma, blood pressure, cancer risk assessment, and cholesterol.

For more information, contact HACC at (717) 780-2632.