By WANDA: Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture
Washington, DC 20009
✨ Sisterhood Supper: Kwanzaa Celebration ✨
Powered by WANDA: Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics & Agriculture
Step into the warmth of community, culture, and collective joy at the Sisterhood Supper: Kwanzaa Celebration—a soulful gathering honoring Black women, our families, our foodways, and the timeless principles of Nguzo Saba.
Bring the children, bring your sisters, and bring your festive spirit as we gather for a night filled with nourishment, creativity, culture, and pure holiday magic.
Get your holiday photos with a Santa who looks like us, loves us, and reflects the beauty of our community. Kids and adults alike can capture the moment in our festive photo zones.
🍛 Waakye
🍅 Tomato Stew
🍌 Fried Plantains
🥬 Collard Greens
🍠 Candied Sweet Potatoes
🐂 Oxtail
🐟 Salmon
🥗 Kale & Fonio Salad with Pineapple Vinaigrette
🍇 Assorted Fruit
🥧 Peach Cobbler
🍷 Sobolo
🍹 Pineapple Ginger Drink
A meal rooted in tradition, memory, and nourishment for the soul.
Join our poetry and music jam, featuring affirmations, storytelling, and sounds from across the diaspora. Kids will enjoy a Kwanzaa creative station and cultural activities made just for them.
Enjoy holiday surprises, cultural games, and a chance to win a Vitamix to elevate your food-as-medicine lifestyle.
We will uplift voices through remarks from WANDA and special guests, a unity bowl ceremony, and a guided reflection on living the Nguzo Saba year-round.
Strike a pose in your festive or cultural attire—this is a night you’ll want to remember.
The Sisterhood Supper includes:
A communal dinner inspired by Pan-African tradition
Holiday photo shoot with Santa for the Culture
Poetry, music, and storytelling
Kwanzaa arts & crafts stations for kids
Market-style creative corner and games
A guided reflection on incorporating Kwanzaa principles into everyday life
Gifts and joyful surprises celebrating culture and community
This event is FREE to attend and open to families, sisters, aunties, grandmothers, daughters, and anyone who believes in the power of community and culture.
Sisterhood Supper: Kwanzaa Celebration
Welcome & Ancestral Opening
Emcee welcome, libation ceremony, and introduction to the Nguzo Saba and their connection to food and sisterhood.
The Sisterhood Supper Experience
Blessing of the communal meal; Pan-African small plates; conversation cards exploring unity, purpose, and cooperative economics.
Creative Marketplace & DIY Stations
Kwanzaa arts & crafts, WANDA reading corner featuring Serving Up Sisterhood, holiday marketplace, photo zones, and kids’ game corner.
WANDA Voices: Poetry & Power
Poetry, open mic reflections, readings from Tambra Raye Stevenson, and a unity bowl ceremony.
Sneak Peek: WANDA 2026 Roadmap & Music Jam
Afrobeat and neo-soul fusion music, creative previews, and celebration of what’s ahead.
How to Practice Kwanzaa 365
Guided reflection, group sharing, and communal affirmation:
“I am because we are — and we are well.”
Closing & Group Photo
Collective family photo around the Kwanzaa kinara.