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Wayfinding Community-Campus V膩

Wayfinding Community-Campus V膩 is a mixed media collection curated by U-ACT (Unifying APIDA Communities Together) that imagines how an 鈥渙ceanic orientation鈥� promotes cultural education, sustains community relationships and engagements, and advances social justice. With a basis in the ancient foundation of Austronesian language families, V膩 is 鈥榗onnecting space鈥� that link islands and ocean together as an interconnected worldview. Indeed, never separated or open-ended; always connected and nurtured together through tautua, 驶service鈥�.

Since 2023, campus partnerships with two local grassroots organizations/programs based in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities have expanded how to tautua the v膩 through thoughtful service in the region.

The collection includes traditional wooden instruments, a double-hulled canoe, community-created murals, linguistic maps, and a series of language and cultural workshop videos. Interactive panels, historical timelines, and lei-making activities further contextualize the meaningful development of the community-campus v膩 over time.

Most importantly, the collection highlights the 鈥樐乮ga 鈥榠nclusive family鈥� of relatives, neighbors, community members, and campus friends that thrives with greater resources to tautua the v膩 for the entire region, and especially those who may need the most care.

This exhibition invites viewers to experience the community-campus v膩 in an 鈥渙ceanic orientation鈥� led by grassroots collaborations with local NHPI communities in North County San Diego.

Visit the exhibition from January 20th to July 31st, 2026, in the library's third-floor exhibit space. A special opening reception will be held on March 5th from 5:00 - 7:00pm, third floor of the University Library.