Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with marchers walking beneath the American flag

Marchers: © Estate of James Karales

Walk with meThe 46th Annual March for the Dream

Monday, January 18, 2027 · Sacramento

Welcome to the March for the Dream — the day that To honor King is to take care of what he started. Caretaking means you don’t just admire the work, you keep it going: you show up, you do your part, and you leave it stronger than you found it. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by preparing, equipping and launching you into a year of positive social impact. When you start marching, you start your year.

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The Dream Pillars

This is what we’re marching to To advance a pillar is to take care of it for the year. You pick one, you act on it, and you leave it a little further along than you found it. That’s what a caretaker does.…

JUSTICEpolicing · mass incarceration
ECONOMICjobs · housing · homelessness
EDUCATIONschools · college access
ENVIRONMENTALclean air · where you live
VOTINGthe ballot · your voice
HEALTHCAREaccess · mental health
EQUALITYdiscrimination · fair hiring

When you create your MLK365 account, you’ll pick one of these seven to advance in 2027.

Pick one, and your account will suggest small acts you can take on across the year — things small enough to actually do.

Three Powers. a just, equitable and inclusive world, where every person is valued as an equal..

Dr. King showed what becomes possible when ordinary people put their values into practice.

The March for the Dream invites us to discover three powers that helped change history — and that still have the power to change our communities.

The power to understand and value one another. The courage to lead. The willingness to share.

Dr. King carried these powers. Now they’re yours to carry into the year.

The March for the Dream

Sacramento City College

The Power of Understanding and Valuing People

You don’t have to agree with someone to recognize their worth.

In 1963, Dr. King wrote from a Birmingham jail to eight white clergymen who had criticized the civil rights demonstrations. Rather than dismiss them, he challenged them to recognize how deeply our lives are connected.

King understood something we still need to practice: people who look, worship, or think differently from us are worth exactly what we are worth.

The March offers an opportunity to put that understanding into practice. To invite is to go first. Ask someone outside your circle: a coworker, a neighbor, even someone at home you haven’t really talked with. Understanding starts with an invitation. someone whose life experience is different from yours to walk with you. Introduce yourself. Ask a question. Listen. And look for opportunities to continue those conversations long after the March ends.

Ask yourself: Who haven’t I taken the time to understand, and what might I discover about their worth if I did?

The Dream moves forward when we recognize the humanity in one another.

The Extra Mile

Oak Park Community Center

The Power of Leadership

Leadership begins when someone is willing to go first.

In 1967, Dr. King spoke out against the Vietnam War. Friends and advisers warned him it could hurt the movement. He knew what it might cost him. He spoke anyway.

Leadership isn’t about having a title. Sometimes it means getting up earlier, going farther, or standing for what’s right when others stay quiet.

That’s the spirit of The Extra Mile, which begins an hour before the march. It’s a chance to reflect on going beyond what’s expected of us, for the sake of others.

Ask yourself: Where in my life am I being called to go the extra mile for someone else?

The Dream moves forward when someone is willing to lead.

The Diversity Expo

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

The Power of Connecting People with Resources

What you find is worth more when you pass it on.

Dr. King understood that equality meant more than rights on paper. People also needed jobs, education, housing, and the means to build better lives.

His Poor People’s Campaign challenged America to confront poverty. In 1968, he went to Memphis to stand with sanitation workers fighting for fair pay and dignity. It was the last campaign of his life.

The Diversity Expo carries that spirit. It brings people together with jobs, health resources, education, and connections that open doors. And what you find becomes even more valuable when you share it.

Ask yourself: Who else could benefit from what I discover?

The Dream moves forward when we help open doors for one another.

Three Powers. One Dream. 365 Days.

Walk with someone different from you. Practice leadership. Find something worth passing on.

The March for the Dream is a beginning, not a destination.

What will you do with the other 364 days?

Your Free MLK365 Account

This is how you’ll advance it…

We designed the MLK365 account for one reason: to help you carry the march into a year of positive social impact.

A year made effortless.

Every MLK365 account comes with a companion that walks you through the year.

Creating an account will help you to set up, track, and tell your MLK365 story — so a year from now you’ll have something real to say about 2027: what you did, and what it changed.

Do it on your own, or set up your year with your family, your friends, your church or your team.

Create your account before the march, and the day’s your first entry.

And your account gets you a discount on your 2027 MLK365 shirt at the march.

Then invite someone whose life experience is different from yours — another race, religion or background — to walk with you.