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The newly designed apartments for Marshall College at Ridge Walk Living Learning Neighborhood (RWLLN) will have housing for approximately 2,400 students adjacent to Hopkins Parking Structure and occupying the old TMC Lowers Apartments.  Apartments will house 8 or 10 students per unit. Stay tuned for updated layouts, photos, and virtual tour information! Visit here for more information on the Ridge Walk Living Learning Neighborhood.

Sample Building Layouts

Sample layouts only. Configurations and spaces vary by facility.

8-Person Apartment	10-Person Apartment

Our Housing is split into three different buildings: Alianza, Umoja, and Coalition.

Alianza:

• 17: Peace
  • "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Freedom from disturbance; calmness, tranquility. Freedom from or the cessation of war or violence.
• 16: Opportunity 
  • A set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something (e.g., grow, change, adapt, learn, advance, help, dream, journey, and so much more).
• 15: Nia
  • Purpose in Swahili, also the fifth principle of Kwanzaa, a commitment to the collective vocation of building, developing, and defending community and culture.
• 14: Movement
  • A group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas; e.g., the labor movement.
• 13: Lucha
  • Spanish word for fight or struggle, also used to express the continued fight for justice and equality. Chosen to acknowledge MAYA (Mexican American Youth Association), one of the student organizations involved in the founding of Third College.
• 12: Knowledge
  • Facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; "Knowledge is power."
• 11: Journey
  • To move from one place to another physically, socially, and/or emotionally; acknowledging that we all have our journeys before coming to this place and that, for a time, we journey together. In honor of Journey to Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong, a Filipino American labor organizer with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee.
• 10: Identity
  • Our sense of who we are as individuals and as members of social groups. Can be fixed, fluid, under discovery, in development, deeply personal, in connection/community with others.
• 9: Healing
  • A process that requires time, patience, support, self-compassion, and moving towards wholeness or working to achieve cohesion.
• 8: Grassroots
  • As in a Grassroots movement, which utilizes bottom-up decision making, centers the voices and lived experiences of those who are seeking change, and are often more flexible than traditional power structures.
• 7: Fortitude
  • Strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage. We seek to grow all of our unique forms of fortitude throughout our educational journeys, and be a community that works to fortify each other.
• 6: Esperanza
  • Spanish word for hope, a key component for creating change. Hope for a future where all can thrive; highlighting and honoring activists and movements that have embraced hope as a tool to create change within their communities.
• 5: Dialogue
  • An exchange of ideas, opinions, and experiences. Organized according to the principles of collectivism: a collective dialogue.
• 4: Collective
  • Of, or characteristic of, a group of individuals taken together: e.g., the collective wishes of the community.
• 3: Barrio Alianza
  • Spanish phrase to refer to a community of neighbors, eliciting a sense of place within this building as well as in connection to the local area such as Barrio Logan in San Diego.
• 2: Anenecuilco
  • Nahualtl word, the birthplace of Emiliano Zapata in Mexico. Included to honor the demands of the Lumumba-Zapata Coalition that shaped our College’s philosophy and to remember the controversial naming of Third college in 1993.

Our Housing is split into three different buildings: Alianza, Umoja, and Coalition.

Umoja:

• 15: Narrative
  • A spoken or written account of connected events. The practice or art of telling stories; traditions of oral narrative.
• 14: Mariposa
  • Spanish word for butterfly, a symbol for biological diversity, and a symbol of human rights at the US/Mexico border. Butterflies can also be symbolism for migration and freedom in the support of the undocumented community.
• 13: Liberation
  • Freedom from limits on thought or behavior. The act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release; the liberation of all political prisoners.
• 12: Katako Kombe
  • The birthplace of Patrice Lumumba, a territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Included to honor the demands of the Lumumba-Zapata Coalition that shaped the college’s philosophy and to remember the controversial naming of Third college in 1993.
• 11: Justice 
  • The quality of being equitable and committed to protecting the dignity of all peoples. 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.' -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• 10: Imagination
  • The act of forming new ideas, images, concepts, or things that do not exist now, but one hopes will come to fruition. A radical imagination is necessary to bringing society closer to justice for all.
• 9: Horizon
  • Where the earth meets the sky, an important marker that grounds us to the earth. Something to look and strive toward.
• 8: Growth
  • To change, to become more. An important aspect of change work is reflecting and maturing personal values, as well as learning and growing in community.
• 7: Fuerza
  • Spanish word for strength, can also be a rallying call to persevere. Frequently used by MAYA (Mexican American Youth Association), one of the groups that contributed to the founding of Third College.
• 6: Empowerment
  • Empowerment as action refers to the process of self-empowerment and to the action of supporting others to recognize, utilize, and share their resources, influence, and power.
• 5: Diversity
  • The intentional practice of including people from a range of different experiences and identities. “In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” -Maya Angelou
• 4: Compaixão
  • Portuguese for compassion, highlighting empathy and understanding towards others' struggles, allyship and coalition efforts.
• 3: Bravery
  • Courage or courageous endurance in the face of fear and adversity.
• 2: Anahuac
  • Nahualtl (Uto-Aztecan language) word meaning land close to water. We acknowledge our College's location and invoke the sense of place and connection needed for meaningful action.

Our Housing is split into three different buildings: Alianza, Umoja, and Coalition.

Coalition:

• 9: Human Rights
  • Rights that belong inherently to every person
• 8: Generations
  • Honoring the Haudenosaunee principle of seven generations, a philosophy that encourages making decisions today that are rooted in the wisdom of the generations before us and result in a sustainable world seven generations in the future.
• 7: Freedom
  • The power or right to act, speak, or think without hindrance or restraint. The state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
• 6: Educate
  • The act of training or informing people about a particular field, or at Marshall College, educating around the core principle of justice. Can be an internal action to educate oneself as well as a communal action of educating each other.
• 5: Diaspora
  • A group of people who share a cultural and/or regional origin who live away from their traditional homeland, but make community in their current locations.
• 4: Comunidad
  • Spanish word for community, an important value for Marshall College. Comunidad goes beyond people living together and includes a strong sense of connection, shared purpose, and mutual care and responsibility.
• 3: Bayaniham
  • Tagalog word that refers to a spirit of communal unity and cooperation. Bayanihan culture, therefore, means a collective effort to achieve a goal for the greater good and is characterized by cooperation, collaboration, and mutual support among members of a community.
• 2: Activism 
  • The doctrine or practice of action or involvement as a means of achieving political or social change. Can include dialogue, education, allyship, direct action, and much more.