December 26 marks the celebration of Kwanzaa, presented by The Village Project in San Francisco are seven days of free events with food and entertainment, each dedicated to one of its following seven core principles (Nguzo Saba): 1. December 26, Wednesday / Umoja (unity) - To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race. * 12noon, City Hall Rotunda - Pre-Celebration of The Emancipation Proclamation by Rev. Amos Brown of the Third Baptist Church * 7pm, Westbay Conference Center, Fillmore Street - 'In Honor of our Elders' blues concert to be performed by Bernard Anderson & the Old School Band 2. December 27, Thursday / Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) - To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves to stand up. * 2pm, Hamilton Recreation Center, Geary St. - Dept. of Dance Performance by Laney College, The Village Dancers of Crossroads & The San Francisco Sea Hawks * 7pm, OMI FRC/Minnie & Lovie Rec, Capitol Ave. - Concert by the Jah Summit Reggae Band 3. December 28, Friday / 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. * 1pm, WAFRC/Western Addition Senior Center, Fillmore - An Inter-Generational Moment with Jay'e & Friends Performance * 5:30 pm, Bayview Y / Bayview Library, Lane Street - Dinner celebration (with charge) 4. December 29, Saturday / Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) - To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together. * 1pm, Ella Hill Hutch, McAllister - 'Young Entrepreneurs in Action' with MoMagic * 4pm, Potrero Hill Recreation Center, Arkansas Street - Dinner celebration (with charge) 5. December 30, Sunday / Nia (Purpose) - To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. * 1pm, Third Baptist, McAllister Street - Dance performance of the Tolson Family * 6pm, African American Arts & Culture Complex, Fulton - Dinner celebration (with charge) 6. December 31, Monday / Kuumba (Creativity) - To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. * 2pm, Yoshi's, Fillmore - The Jazz Heritage Center * 6pm, Marcus Book Store, Fillmore - Performances Soul Mechanix & The St. John Coltrane Church Band 7. January 1, Tuesday / Imani (Faith) - To believe with all our hearts in God, our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle. * 2pm, Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theatre, Third Street, Oakdale - Celebration of The Emancipation Proclamation * 6pm, Union of Black Episcopalians / St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church - 'A Night of Gospel' to be performed by Emmit Powell & The Gospel Elite, along with Kevan Peabody & the First Friendship Institutional Church's Praise Team. Founded by Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa which also means 'first fruits of the harvest' has a celebration rooted back in 1960s black nationalist movement, created specifically as African-American holiday and was recognized to help them reconnect with their cultural and historical heritage. It is an interpretation for Blacks as a celebration of family, community and culture. Instead of imitating the western culture, it became an alternative to the prevailing holiday but not as a replacement to their religion or religious holiday.