CHS Pics | ‘We Choose Community’ — 2026 Seattle MLK Day march carries city’s messages from the Central District

The words and spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. carried the causes of 2026 in Seattle Monday as the city’s annual MLK Day march crossed from the Central District across Capitol Hill to downtown.

The volunteer MLK Jr Organizing Coalition took inspiration from a MLK question for this year’s day of workshops, gatherings, and marching from the Central District’s Garfield High School — Where Do We Go From Here?

In his 1967 book, King presented two choices — Chaos or Community? 59 years later as hundreds marched from 23rd Ave, there were many, many more answers as the issues of the day were carried forward by marchers — equity, equality, ICE, Palestine, labor, housing, and more. “We choose community,” signs from the organizers read.

Around 4,000 people take part in the Central District MLK event annually.

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