Kwanzaa, a Young Adult Celebration of African-American Heritage, West Covina

Young adults and their families celebrated Kwanzaa at the West Covina
Library, Saturday, December 23. The celebration featured a poetry class
and reading by poet, Tajji Samone. Volunteens, Aimee, Alyssa, Genevieve,
Oni, and Daniel decorated the meeting room using black, red, and green
bows, origami, construction paper, posters, and brightly-colored balls.
Informational literature was provided to attendees, as was a poetry
newsletter produced by Samone. Following the reading, approximately
thirty guests enjoyed soul food from Hungry Al's Barbeque, including
saucy ribs and delicious collard greens. For dessert, the teen crowd
gobbled peach cobbler, red velvet cake, and assorted pastries prepared
by library staff and patrons. Thank you to the Friends of the West
Covina Library for sponsoring this educational and fun celebration of
African-American culture!

Evaluation Form Comments:
"Very well presented" M. Curry
"It was very good and I enjoyed it -- very educational. I hope to see
this happen next year." April W.
"Very good, I loved it." Semaj L.
"It was great participating and learning about other cultures. It
should be done more often!" Millie A.
"Thank you. It was very educational." Andrew L.