WEST SEATTLE SCENE: Protesting in memory of Marjorie

(Photo courtesy Randy Winn)

6:01 PM: Thanks for the photo. Local activists gathered at 35th/Edmunds this afternoon for a protest that also served as a memorial. They’re carrying the torch lit by Marjorie Prince, who demonstrated at that corner for months – daily, while others joined her weekly for “Mondays with Marjorie” – until her recent death. Ms. Prince’s activism was lifelong, dating back into the ’60s. Her compatriots plan to continue gathering at this corner at 3 pm Mondays TFN.

ADDED 7:10 PM: Randy Winn, who sent the photo, adds these details:

More than fifty people gathered this afternoon at 35th & Edmunds to honor and remember Marjorie Prince, whose presence has anchored “Mondays With Marjorie” for so long. MJ created a beautiful display inside the little shelter on the corner, laying out a collection of Marjorie’s handmade protest signs along with small memory cards people could take home.

We stood with her signs (and many others) supporting the causes she championed week after week. Someone placed her walker in her usual spot, a quiet reminder of her steadiness and resolve. For an hour, people waved signs, shared stories, and held space together. It was a community showing up the way Marjorie always did.

Some sang (“Give Peace A Chance”), and we all talked about Marjorie and how her example inspires us. As she said, “One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.”

ADDED EARLY TUESDAY: Thanks to Lupe Carlos III for additional photos:

Workdowntown June 8, 2026 (6:06 pm)

Love it! You go guys!!

becs June 8, 2026 (6:40 pm)

I am glad people were out early today. I was able to give a good happy car horn honk in her honor!

Adam June 8, 2026 (7:14 pm)

I often didn’t agree with her opinons, yet I totally agreed with her protesting, and especially how she did so. She got out a message (many messages, really), and did it with class and decorum so far as I could tell. And I hope to preemptively stop anyone from turning this into being about her opinions or how I disagreed with some of them. My point ultimately is that we should all be able to peacefully disagree. There’s no greater way to measure your actual level of tolerance than when you’re faced with an opposing opinion. Too often I hear people from the two major viewpoints on most arguments saying how tolerant they are, yet following it with an intolerant position on others having an opposing viewpoint. I often disagreed with her, and yet I was always proud to see that someone can have dissenting opinions and feel free to voice them. RIP, Marjorie, I hope the local youth took note on how you comported yourself.

K.S. June 8, 2026 (7:15 pm)

Marjorie Prince, I love you!!!! You are a historic trailblazer! Thank you for paving the way. We are indivisible! Look forward to joining.

mem June 8, 2026 (9:19 pm)

What a lovely tribute, you rock Marjorie!!!

Scott June 9, 2026 (10:41 am)

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday to celebrate the life of a wonderful Marjorie. It was an hour filled with love and strength. I am attaching a link to her Memorial Article if you want to learn about her lifelong fight for human rights.
Marjorie F Prince Memorial Article- Updated 5.30.docxAlso, a picture of her from 2003 protesting against the Iraq war.

Mary Jo Bukovic June 9, 2026 (1:12 pm)

To whoever left the beautifully painted ‘Be Marjorie, Stand Up’ rock, please know that we’re hoping to find a home for it at C&P Coffee. Marjorie and Garry used to hang out there, and a number of ‘Mondays with Marjorie’ regulars who meet there every week as part of Postcards 4 Democracy would love to see it there as a reminder.

Cindy June 9, 2026 (10:08 pm)

That is absolutely perfect! C&P Coffee would be a good place. There’s a small group of us who create Protest Rocks! to place around town, and give out to people so they can put them in their own neighborhoods. The rocks have travelled across the country and even internationally. Rock on!

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