New Orleans sorority hosts Kwanzaa celebration [Video]

AND TODAY IS THE THIRD DAY OF KWANZAA, AND THE NEW ORLEANS ALUMNI CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY HOSTED A BIG CELEBRATION TODAY AT MCDONOUGH 35. THE EVENT WAS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY, AND ORGANIZERS SAY THEY HOPE TO BRING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE, HERITAGE AND UNITY. THERE WAS DRUMMING AND DANCING, POETRY PERFORMANCES AND A LIGHTING OF THE KINARA. THE PRESIDENT OF THE SORORITY CHAPTER SAYS THE GROUP WANTED TO BRING BACK THEIR KWANZAA CELEBRATIONS. WELL, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE NOT HAD KWANZAA IN ALMOST TEN YEARS. SO THIS VISION CAME ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, AND WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS FAR BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE, AND THAT’S TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. WORKING COLLECTIVELY. EXCUSE ME COLLECTIVELY TO MAKE SURE WE WERE DOING SOMETHING THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. AND …