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To Know Your Roots Assemblage, for the Wisdom in you!

Know Your Roots

Here we are designed with our collective history in mind, though born from the struggle. We at Know Your Roots Assemblage (K.Y.R.A) are dedicated to engaging and educating our youth on their true history, wealth creation, and the cultural sophistication therein, promoting social development, empowerment, and community building amidst a diverse world.

About Us

Know Your Roots Assemblage started with the idea, and power, of knowledge of self. We educate our students on important aspects of Africana Studies, Financial Literacy, and all subject matters that aim to inspire entrepreneurship, skill development, and cultural understanding.

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Our Curriculum

It’s not easy to have our students’ culture held in the classroom, in terms of given space. Through Africana Studies, with a concentration in Human origins, we build diverse cultural awarness while creating the proper foundations of self-awareness in our students; and this does just that. Moreover, every person is told to take care of their money, but not taught how to do so. With the Financial Literacy curriculum, with a concentration in wealth management, we build the personal finance, and business development capabilities of our members. In this we assure the financial health of all our people.

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Designed with our collective history in mind, K.Y.R.A is also an urban streetwear clothing line with a conscious tint. With positive social impact as our premise, we create, invest, and inspire our members to impart and make their own story in our shared history/herstory. A representation of our human culture and the richness therein.

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When we share our struggle, the world shares too

When we realize our common place, no struggle is commonplace

Testimonials

“It [The Know Your Roots Curriculum] tapped into a pride. And she still uses her notebook, she has her Africana Studies notebook, not just during Black History Month… She uses it, [months later] …she’s got it organized, and she’ll bring it to me and we’ll look. It sparked an interest [in her].”


Mrs. Peterkin (describing her daughter)

“Her being empowered to know the things that she’s learning. Sometimes I know the things that we have done and it enamors me, and I think that for her, now that she knows that at this age, I see it in her eyes, she wants to do different things. That’s what I want, that’s what I’ve learned from that experience, she sees that ‘I can do it’, ‘I can achieve that’, because Africana studies is attempting to get them in tune with their powers of being”

Mr. Obenkwa (describing his daughter)

Testimonials

“I like to learn (about) my history because I want to know where I come from. I’m glad I learned about the (true) Lion King, (Sundiata Djata).”

Gabrielle (6th Grader)

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