Social Justice Week 2026
Following is information about Seattle Colleges Social Justice Week 2026, running from January 16 through 23, 2026. Event information is arranged by date. Click any accordion for the events scheduled for that date.
53rd Annual Community Celebration of MLK
Date: Friday, January 16
Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Brockey Center, South Seattle College
Join us for a community celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. featuring music and song bu DaNell Daymon and Greater Works and three young local scholars affiliated with Speak with Purpose, who will share their original speeches that explore topics including culture, identity, social justice, and their vision for a better world.
- Breakfast 9 to 10 a.m.
- Program 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Community Conversation 1 to 2 p.m.
View the full schedule of the day.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Federal Holiday - No Classes, Campus Offices Closed
We encourage you to join one of the many local celebrations and observances offered across the region.
- Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Organizing Coalition 2026 March and Rally
- Seattle Parks Foundation MLK Day of Service at Pigeon Point Park
- Do an internet search to find more events.
Bystander Intervention Training with Sophia Agtarap
Date: Tuesday, January 20
Time: 10 to 11 a.m.
Location: online via Zoom
Have you ever experienced or witnessed a form of bias and didn’t know how to respond? Many folks have likely encountered or experienced bias and maybe didn’t even know how to identify it. If you are someone who holds systematically and intersecting marginalized identity/ies, the chance is even higher. As a community of people who are working together to create spaces of belonging and inclusion, what does it look, sound, and feel like to interrupt when we see instances of bias, racism, transphobia, xenophobia, antisemitism, Islamophobia, sexism, and more, occur? What is the possibility of what can happen in that moment and beyond? We’ll come together to understand language and practices that can help move each of us to intervene when we witness or experience instances of bias in our communities.
Speaker Bio: Sophia Agtarap is a 1.5 generation Filipina American who resides in Tacoma, the traditional lands of the Puyallup people. She works alongside communities in the areas of racial equity, justice, and climate solutions, as they do the necessary work of imagining the world they want to build and animating others to join them in creating a more just society where all may thrive. In addition to her faculty role at South Seattle College, she is a consultant and thought partner with organizations that are trying to meet this moment with creative solutions for the common good. She has held equity and racial justice roles in municipal and state government, in higher education, P-12, and in nonprofit and interfaith spaces. She does life with her spouse, seven year old, two pups and a bunny. She is a daughter, older sister to two, and auntie to six.
Speaker Talila Lewis
Date: Tuesday, January 20
Time: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Hybrid online via Zoom with learning spaces at North, Central, and South
Film Screening of "Since I Been Down" with Guest Speaker
Date: Tuesday, January 20
Time: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Location: __, South Seattle College
Collective Meet-and-Greet
Date: Tuesday, January 20
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Location: Hybrid online via Zoom with learning spaces at North, Central, and South
Film Screening of "I Am Not Your Negro"
Date: Wednesday, January 21
Time: 10:15 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: __ , __
Sponsored by Project Baldwin
Speaker Chris Crass
Date: Wednesday, January 21
Time: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Hybrid online via Zoom with learning spaces at North, Central, and South'
Collective Meet-and-Greet
Date: Tuesday, January 20
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Location: Hybrid online via Zoom with learning spaces at North, Central, and South
Civic Discourse Training with D'Andre Fisher
Date: Thursday, January 22
Time: 10 to 11 a.m.
Location: online via Zoom
Native Fishing Rights
Date: Thursday, January 22
Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: __
Jewish Community Luncheon
Date: Thursday, January 22
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: North Star Dining Room (CC1254B), North Seattle College
North Event
Date: Thursday, January 22
Time: 1 to 2 p.m.
Location: __, North Seattle College
Collective Meet-and-Greet
Date: Thursday, January 22
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Location: Hybrid online via Zoom with learning spaces at North, Central, and South
Luncheon and State of Equity
Date: Friday, January 23
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: __, Georgetown Campus
FSOCC Share Out
Date: Friday, January 23
Time: 12:40 to 1 p.m.
Location: __
Central Workshop
Date: Friday, January 23
Time: 1 to 2 p.m.
Location: __, Seattle Central College