Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center

Citizens for a Community Center at Martin Luther King Jr. (CCC@MLK) is a neighborhood group working to create a dynamic, independent, self-sustaining community center at the former M.L.King Jr. Elementary School in the Madison Valley neighborhood of Seattle.  The Center would honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by offering multicultural arts, performance, lifelong learning classes, community meeting space, public playground, and more--for people of all ages, economic levels, and ethnic backgrounds. Read more on why we need a center in Madison Valley and about our vision. 

The School Board will decide by the end of 2010 on what happens with the property.  As they consider the proposals, they need to hear from you now that the neighborhood wants and needs a community center of, by and for this community. This is your chance to speak up!

Check out our proposal, our rebuttal to the District's Selection Committee, as well as the latest on the District's process in the "What's Happening Now" section of "our vision" page.

  Join Us


We need your help to make the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center a reality!

* Add comments to Central District News story about our card making party.  We made cards to send the School Board the message that we need a social gathering space for events like the annual spaghetti dinner!  

*Sign up for our newsletter, find out how to volunteer or support our efforts with a donation, by contacting us.

 Contact the School Board!

The School Board needs to hear from you! 

*Call or email them voicing your support for our plan and your concern about selling to the highest bidder!

*Attend a School Board meeting

 Speak up!


Voice your support to our city and state leaders for a community center of, for and by the community at the former elementary school.

*Vote for our proposal at Mayor McGinn's Ideas for Seattle forum.

*Contact our city and state leaders today!