How to Celebrate World Afro Day
Getting involved with World Afro Day can be extremely simply or more deeply involved! Take a look at these ideas for enjoying the day, or come up with some other ideas:
Sponsor Afro Day in Schools
For those who feel led to participate in World Afro Day, then one important activity is to sponsor the holiday in various local schools. Those who already know about a minority organization that is local in their area can contribute by telling them about this holiday and see what they can do to promote the cause.
Teachers and parents can offer to volunteer to organize an event that takes place at school, honoring and paying homage to the day. Some schools may want to promote and encourage their students to attend “The Big Hair Assembly”, which is an online event hosted by World Afro Day to spread the love.
Free digital resource packs for participants can be found on the day’s website. The pack includes a letter requesting that schools join, as well as other content for organizers to create their own participation locally.
Embrace Differences
In a world where many people think different is “weird”, it’s important to try to look at people from a loving and open perspective. Even in this modern day, diversity among people with differences is often met with resistance or even discrimination.
In addition to different skin color, it’s important to be educated on other unique features of other ethnicities and cultures that should be considered beautiful.
In this case, the beautiful feature is Afro hair. Evidence has recently shown that society has a bias toward straight hair and negative stereotypes have been associated with textured hair.
A great way to begin is to start taking a positive view of things that feel unique or different, including afro hair.
Those who have curly or textured hair might try to appreciate it instead of fighting against it! Embrace the beauty of afro hair and begin thinking about the world just a little bit differently.
Send a Positive Message to People with Afro Hair
On this day especially, but really every day, it’s great to let people with textured hair know that it is beautiful.
Compliment a friend or coworker on their hairstyle. Make a statement on social media that natural hair is beautiful. Encourage the community to be more open and honoring of anyone with an afro or naturally textured hair.
Join a World Afro Day Event
Another great way to celebrate this day would be to buy tickets to and then attend one of the World Afro Day spotlight events that take place all over the world.
This acts as an excellent opportunity to view men and women in their natural beauty and encourage them forth. Share this holiday on social media using the hashtag #worldafroday and let everyone know how important of a holiday it is on this day.