NGUZO SABA (The Seven Principles) - Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)

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

How to Practice Ujamaa

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Ujamaa, practiced on the fourth day of Kwanzaa, is defined during Kwanzaa as "cooperative economics." Cooperative economics offers everyone a fair and equal chance to work and enjoy life through relationships and the goods of this world. It is recommended to stop governmental and private corruption, unnecessary plunder, community pollution and resource depletion.

Choosing to practice Ujamaa can lead individual communities and large nations alike to become economically cooperative with other places around the world.

1. Try to influence leaders in your local community to support and enforce an equal and fair world trading system. By working together, all members of a society can benefit from trading items and technology with each other. Ideally, the end result would be a fair and economic world trade system allowing members of all societies the opportunity to prosper and enjoy life.
2. Petition for fair wages in your community. The Ujamaa day celebrated during Kwanzaa can be an important time to voice your concerns about the average societal wage. Gather others in your community and voice your opinions together.
3. Strive for fair opportunities for all members of society, no matter their background, race, religion or educational status.
4. Collaborate with other members of your community to protect the economic and commercial spheres from greed and evil. Individuals cannot accomplish this without the communal help of local business owners, corporate officers and governmental officials.
5. Display honest behavior in all your business and personal dealings. Utilizing a checks and balance system for economic commerce can help guide individuals and corporations in preserving an honest and ethical behavior pattern.