2020 provides food for thought this Kwanzaa in the Poconos
Kwanzaa, the celebration that began on Saturday and ends on Jan. 1, is a Swahili word meaning “first fruit,” a reference to the annual harvest in Africa.
It surfaced in the U.S. after the 1965 Watts riots in Los Angeles and sent a positive message touching on race, African-American culture, unity, family and community.
This year s celebrations will be unlike any other. In homes across the Poconos, Kwanzaa will be celebrated in Zoom meetings and small gatherings.
There weren t 100-plus people jammed into the Hughes Library on Saturday. Instead, people logged on to Zoom for an hour of Kwanzaa, said Ceo Jarvis, better known as “Kwanzaa Mama.”