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Big Post: Ghana Sessions/Martin Luther King JR. Kwanzaa and more!!

Just recently Mr. Wronko hosted a couple of important Ghana sessions. One dealt with the celebration and remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.

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6 years ago

January 18, 2020

David Wronko

Big Post: Ghana Sessions/Martin Luther King JR. Kwanzaa And More!!

Just recently, Mr. Wronko hosted a couple of important Ghana sessions.

One dealt with the celebration and remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.

Ghana Session presentation on Dr. King

During this session, the students in Ghana gave a presentation about Martin Luther King’s challenges that he faced fighting for equality for all during the Civil Rights Movement.

Also addressed was Dr. King’s fight to end poverty and promote a peaceful end to the Vietnam War.

The students in Ghana and Mr. Wronko’s afternoon students fully believe that this great man, Dr. King, should not be forgotten and should be remembered as a man who called upon equality for all. Below, postings regarding Martin Luther King Jr.

Let’s Remember! Happy 90th Martin Luther King Jr.! Part Two

Let’s Remember! Happy 90th Martin Luther King Jr.! Part One

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Celebration and Project Ghana with Mr. David Brown

Dr. Bernice King speaks at Asbury Park Schools Black History Month extravaganza

Civil Rights Advocate, Edith Savage Jennings, comes to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School

Asbury Park Middle School : “Let’s Remember Dr. King”

MLK Day at Asbury Park Middle School

Asbury Park Middle School : A bright future always would come

Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson “Madiba” Mandela remembered at Asbury Park Middle

Kwanzaa Session

The first two Ghana sessions of the year, 2020, dealt with the celebration of Kwanzaa.

Research

During the first session Mr. Wronko did research regarding this holiday and gave the students in Ghana a presentation.

Mr. Wronko dedicated Kwanzaa to the many great individuals that he met throughout the years. He mentioned the following and was very happy these people became a part of his life:

George Reed, Vietnam veteran, George Watson, Tuskegee airman, Wilbur V. Martin, Vietnam veteran, Walter Drummond Senior, veteran from the Vietnam War and his unit was stationed in Korea, Robert A. Jameson, war veteran, Veronica Miller, Desert Storm veteran, Sheila Batson, veteran, Eric Jones, Oiada International, Darryl Batts, Oiada International, Papa, lead teacher in Ghana, students and workers in Ghana, Keith Covin, Unheard Voices Magazine, and my supervisor of my posts, Chenelle Covin.

I know there was more and I dedicate Kwanzaa and its meaning to everyone.

Kwanzaa Ghana presentation

The next session regarding Kwanzaa, the students in Ghana did a presentation.

Their presentation centered on the importance of Kwanzaa’s seven days; Umoja, meant unity, Kujichagulia, meant self determination, Ujima, meant responsibility, Ujamaa, meant uplifting your community economically, Nia, meant purpose, Kuumba, meant being creative, and Imani, meant faith. They also described the red, black, and green candles.

After their presentation, the students in Ghana had a discussion with the MLK students led by lead teacher Karma Williams Davis. They discussed the celebration and importance of Kwanzaa and sharing one another’s culture from Ghana and the United States.

Final Ghana session presentation

A final session with Ghana dealt with discuss anything.

Lead student in Ghana, Jozabad Abi-Jaja Caldwell and the other Ghana students discussed with Mr. Wronko and Mr. Mason the ending of Avengers Endgame, Batman versus Superman, Thor, Thor The Dark World, Thor Ragnarok, Black Panther, and much more.

Below are images from the Ghana sessions, individuals who were mentioned, Jozabad Abi-Jaja Caldwell drawing of a flying dinosaur and his participation during Classroom Close-up and much more.