Solidarity Through Action: MLK Day March Unites Diverse Movements

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Written By Samuel Brown

I attended a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march in Seattle’s Central District on January 20, 2025. That day was also the inauguration of our nation’s 47th president, Donald Trump. Many Americans are tired of talking about politics and Trump. Well, not everyone. I think there’s something about this coalescence of events that stands to unite us more than divide us. Hope stems from the fact that this march, which at times threatened to be more about Trump than Dr. King, ultimately succeeded to underscore the importance of some of the very radical problems King was putting his lifeforce into trying to solve before he was assassinated.

Samuel Brown

Samuel (he/him) is an optimist who believes in the power of interlocution to foster a more informed community and speak truth to power. Art is not merely a commodity. He enjoys working on film projects with his brother Wesley like The Sam and Wes Internet Experience. He is an ever-learning actor who took lessons from Emmy Award-winning director John Jacobsen and trained at Seattle's Freehold Theatre. He is also a musician with multiple albums who plays the guitar, piano, violin and electric bass. Samuel received his B.A. in Philosophy with a Minor in Spanish from Western Washington University in December of 2022.

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