04/28/2026
It isn’t always loud. It doesn’t always arrive with bright colors.
Sometimes it looks like a teaching artist returning to the same classroom, week after week, until a student finds their voice.
Sometimes it’s a small organization holding space for stories that would otherwise go unheard.
Sometimes it’s a mural, a performance, a gathering—something that shifts how we see each other, even briefly.
A mark is made in the act of showing up, again and again, to imagine something better—and then building it together.
Learn about ways to be involved in this years Mark Awards:
June 16 | 5:30–7:30 PM
The Meadowlands at the Darien Community Association