MLK 32nd Anniversary Celebration: Rise Up! Restore the Dream!

Join us in Seattle on Monday, January 20, to join the MLK 32nd Anniversary Celebration: Rise Up! Restore the Dream! Join us!!

Workshops at Garfield High School (400 23rd Ave. Seattle) : 9:30-11 AM (The Rachel Corrie Foundation hosts Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions: Connecting Struggles Through Nonviolence)

Rally in the Garfield High School gymnasium: 11 AM

March from Garfield High School: 12:30 PM

Metro buses at 4th Ave, south of Pike Street will return march participants to Garfield High School and lunch will be provided.

According to the MLK Seattle Celebration website,

“Seattle has one of the largest annual Martin Luther King Day Celebrations in the U.S. We honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for his work toward racial equality and economic justice for all people, for his commitment to nonviolence, and for his stand against war and militarism…The Martin Luther King Celebration Committee is composed of dozens of grassroots, labor, business, minority, and progressive community organizations and volunteers from throughout the Puget Sound region. Annually, these groups come together and organize the community’s largest tribute to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr….Each year, thousands of local citizens participate in one of the biggest and most racially diverse rallies and marches held in Seattle…The theme speaks to the need for justice in all facets of our society: locally, nationally, and globally. Through workshops, a rally, and a march organized around this theme, the spotlight is on our responsibility to correct the injustices in our world, from our criminal justice system to our public schools, to senseless military misadventures that threaten human rights and rob our communities of funds. This year’s program will inform and empower those who attend. This is the 32nd year the committee will bring together people from every community and walk of life to commemorate the life of Dr. King and to celebrate his birthday.”

The Rachel Corrie Foundation will host a workshop Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions: Connecting Struggles Through Nonviolence, 9:30-11 AM, in Room 224, Garfield High School. A discussion and Q&A with panelists, Aaron Dixon (founding member of the Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party and a participant in an Interfaith Peace Builders 2012 African Heritage Delegation to Israel/Palestine), Lubna Alzaroo (representative of Health and Human Rights in al-Khalil, Palestine), Eliana Horn (Seattle Jewish Voice for Peace) and Maia Brown (Stop Veolia Seattle) will be facilitated by Elizabeth Moore of the Rachel Corrie Foundation http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/

For questions or inquiries about the Seattle MLK event, contact [email protected].

For information about the Rachel Corrie Foundation hosted BDS workshop, contact Elizabeth Moore at [email protected].