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A new art exhibit curated by ����ɫ��ҹ University of California honors students is part of a wider initiative to engage honors students in co-curricular activities that emphasize local history.

Working with Honors Program Director Lynn Sondag, and in collaboration with The Marin City Historical & Preservation Society’s Executive Director Felecia Gaston, the students coordinated the design, installation, and interactive programming for "Legacy of Marin City: California Black History Story 1942-1960."

The exhibit highlights Marin City's residents and their contributions to American history. Historical archives, photographs, and artifacts document the community's origins during World War II and its development as Marin County's primary Black enclave. It also highlights the migration of Black Americans from the southern U.S. and their impact on American history.

For the past couple of years ����ɫ��ҹ faculty and students have worked with Marin City youth and community leaders on art projects highlighting the legacy of Marin City. “Legacy of Marin City: California Black History Story 1942-1960” was originally displayed at the Marin County Civic Center and is now a traveling exhibit.



The exhibit is one of two projects supported by a Portz Grant grant from The National Collegiate Honors Council.

A second group of honors students worked with Marin Historical and Preservation Society and young members of Performing Stars of Marin on Martin Luther King Day to create and install a ground mural on the basketball courts in Marin City’s Golden Gate Village. The ground mural consists of quotes from residents in Marin City who worked in Marin City’s shipyards during World War II.

“The projects address the need for meaningful community engagement both in the curriculum and through outside classroom activities in the Honors Program. In the past two years we have steadily developed more community-engaged projects with the support of ����ɫ��ҹ’s Center for Community Engagement, and we are witnessing the ways in which co-curricular experiences can provide honors students with opportunities to connect with each other and the local community post-pandemic,” Sondag says.

The initiative’s outcomes will be presented at the 2025 The National Collegiate Honors Council conference.

The exhibit display in the Archbishop Alemany Library’s Community Gallery through March 4. The are Monday–Thursday:  8 a.m.– 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday: 2 p.m.–10 p.m. The gallery is closed during campus holidays.

_{Photo: Honors students prepare materials for a "Legacy of Marin City: California Black History Story 1942-1960.” From left, Vivien Lim, Marlene Edwards Morales, Emilia Valdez, Arielle Cruz, Emily Holtzinger, and Femi Abin.}