OUR MISSION
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The mission of the African American Heritage Society of East Pasco County, Inc. (AAHSEPC) is to promote, research, preserve, interpret, and disseminate information about African American history, culture, etc. in East Pasco County, Florida. AAHSEPC is an affiliate of the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network.
OUR VISION
The African American Heritage Society of East Pasco County, Inc. is the premier cultivator and preserver of African American Heritage in East Pasco County and collaborates with other organizations in the State of Florida and around the world that have similar missions
NGUZO SABA (The Seven Principles)
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Umoja (Unity) To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race.
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Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.
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Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility) To build and maintain our community together and make our brother's and sister's problems our problems and to solve them together.
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Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together.
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Nia (Purpose) To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
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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.
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Imani (Faith) To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
- From -- Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture, 2008, Los Angeles: University of Sankore Press (www.sankorepress.com)
