Press Release: Diane Gordon to Lead Padua Center’s Kwanzaa Celebration 2021

For Immediate Release

When: December 28, 2021 at 4:00 PM
Where: Padua Center, 1416 Nebraska Avenue, Toledo OH

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Diane Gordon

Diane Gordon, Kwanzaa House will be leading the celebration of Kwanzaa. Padua Center will host one evening of Kwanzaa in Kwanzaa Park. This cultural festival will begin with a candle lighting ceremony. Because of COVID protocols, all food will be prepackaged. Fellowship will continue at Padua Center until 6:00 PM. We invite members of the community, as well as the city to join us.

Ms. Phyllis Toney, chair of the Kwanzaa Park Neighbors, will welcome guests. Diane Gordon of Kwanzaa House will lead the celebration. Kwanzaa, a cultural celebration, is composed of a Liberation Ceremony in honor of ancestors, the lighting of the Kinara, education, family activities and food to share.

The Kwanzaa Park Neighborhood borders Dorr, Brown, Klondike, and Hawley Streets. Members of the Kwanzaa Park Neighbors meet monthly at Padua Center to investigate ways to work together (Ujima) and improve the neighborhood. The next community meeting is February 3, 2022, at 1:00 PM at Padua Center.

For information call: Padua Center (419) 241-6465.
Sister Virginia Welsh, Director