Reflections/Writings

Insights from Facilitating at the NAA (National Afterschool Association) Convention 25

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HTI Catalysts had an incredible experience as a Gold Sponsor at the 2025 National Afterschool Association Convention in Nashville! Our Learning Expo Booth was a hub of energy, engagement, and meaningful conversations. Visitors enjoyed our Wellness Station, a space designed for relaxation and self-care, as well as our interactive manipulatives that brought our workshops to life. We were …

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Day 7 – IMANI – FAITH Jan. 1

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To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.

Day 6 – Kuumba – Self-Determination – Dec. 31

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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.

Day 5 – NIA- Purpose – the 5th day of Kwanzaa – Dec. 30

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To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.

Day 4 – Ujamaa – Cooperative Economics – Dec. 29

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To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together.

Day 3 – Ujima – Collective Work and Responsibility – Dec. 28

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To build and maintain our community together and make our brother’s and sister’s problems our problems and to solve them together.

Day 2 – Kujichagulia – Self-Determination – Dec. 27

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To define ourselves, name ourselves, speak for ourselves, instead of being defined and spoken for by others.

Day 1 – Umoja – Unity – Dec. 26

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To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, region, and people.

Living the Principles of Kwanzaa: How HTI Catalysts Honors the Nguzo Saba Year-Round

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How HTI Catalysts embody the spirit of Kwanzaa year-round and 3 practical tips on how your business can as well.

Mary Jane McLeod Bethune

Leave a Comment / Creative, On Better Schools, On History, On Listening 4 Justice / By Folami Prescott-Adams

Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was born on July 10, 1875 to enslaved parents. I turn to her story for inspiration often. Most know of her work of starting a school in 1904(which became Bethune-Cookman College) by selling sweet potato pies door-to-door. She was president of the college from 1923 to 1942, and from 1946 to 1947. …

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