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The Thatch and the Spark: Reclaiming Kuumba within Kujichagulia

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The Thatch and the Spark: Reclaiming Kuumba within Kujichagulia https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-thatch-and-the-spark--72513557 "The rain falls on every roof, but it stays longest on the one that is well thatched." Pull up a chair on the porch, family. Let’s sit with that ancestral medicine for a minute. Right now, we are standing firmly on a day of Kuumba (Creativity) , positioned directly in the middle of a week of Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) , all while navigating the larger cycle of Ujima (Collective Work) . That is a potent, heavy alignment. It is an ancestral algorithm designed to remind you exactly who you are before the world told you who you had to be. Look at our collective journey as Black people in America. We have never lacked Kuumba . We took the scraps left at the back of the house and turned them into soul food. We took a language meant to chain us and bent it into blues, jazz, hip-hop, and gospel. Our creativity is a global currency that the entire ...

How To Find Your Tribe

The first and most important step to finding your tribe is a deep, internal realization about the kind of person you are. To find your tribe, you must first understand who you are. You must understand what you want from life, what you must have to be happy, and what's most important to you. Your understanding will change over time, and that's okay. But in the beginning, it's important to have a clear idea of who you are and how you want to live your life. Next, you need to do some research on your people your tribal DNA. Who are they? What do they want? What do they need? Where can you find them? What platforms or places exist where they congregate? How can you communicate with them? Once you've done the research and answered these questions, it's time to put yourself out there. This can be scary at first - especially if this is something new for you - but don't let that stop you! Get started right away! Once you've found your tribe, the reward is worth it. You'll be helping people who need it and getting help when you need it yourself. You'll feel a sense of community far beyond anything else in your life. You'll start feeling really good about yourself.......

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