A gymnasium in Marin City was filled with hope on Monday at a celebration of the federal holiday honoring the birthday of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The event was organized by the Marin City Community Services District. Volunteers from the Black community led prayers, played music and delivered updates on local building and infrastructure efforts. Younger community members joined in to read poetry, dance and twirl batons.
The Manzanita Center Gymnasium held about 450 people. The audience was a mix of races, checkered Black and white. In the crowd was California state Assemblymember Damon Connolly, D-San Rafael, Marin County Supervisors Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Eric Lucan and Brian Colbert, as well as several Sausalito Councilmembers and the mayor of Mill Valley…