Kujichagulia Thesis

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“Building a GrassRoots Collective of Friends, Families & Neighborhoods; United to Decolonize Communities & Organize for Kujichagulia”. This is what Baltimore Bloc has written on their about page. Kujichagulia is the second day of Kwanza which celebrate the principle of self determination, and to stand and speak for one’s self. From the graph that shows the pages which they liked Baltimore Bloc page are what one can describe as pages and project that are related to social justice such as: Baltimore Copwatch, groups that are related to housing, free school, healthcare and urban gardening. Also, there is page for cannabis, which is not necessarily related to social justice (at least not as imperative as the other ones). But it shows the homophily

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