The King family’s theme for the 2026 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observance is called “Mission Possible 2: Building Community, Uniting a Nation the Nonviolent Way.” The active principle, as the King family described it, is to activate direct action. This action by the Beloved Community moves us from what Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King says are convenient words and action, to now urgently move us to direct action — acts of humanity that may be inconvenient to employ.

There, love centered acts reclaim what makes us human. This is our warrior work for today.