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SELMA 2.0:

BRIDGING DIVIDES,

BUILDING THE

BELOVED
COMMUNITY

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our mission

The mission of the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, & Reconciliation is to partner with institutions to promote love, the establishment of justice, and build the Beloved Community. The Center is committed to transforming and healing the root causes of physical, political, psychological, environmental, economic and racial violence at personal, family, community and systemic levels.

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our vision

We envision a transformed community where justice prevails, and people are equipped to fulfill their full human potential and creates equity by the systemic barriers to growth and development.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

TO BUILD THE BELOVED COMMUNITY

UPCOMING EVENTS @ THE SCNTR

  • Beyond Divide and Conquer: Unite and Build Racial Equity Training Sneak Peak (December 2024)
    Beyond Divide and Conquer: Unite and Build Racial Equity Training Sneak Peak (December 2024)
    Dec 10, 2024, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Zoom
    This free, virtual training dives into the root causes of racial inequities and explores strategies for creating more equitable systems and communities.
  • Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation (CORE) and Level 1 Certification Training
    Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation (CORE) and Level 1 Certification Training
    Mon, Mar 03
    Selma CNTR
    Mar 03, 2025, 9:00 AM – Mar 07, 2025, 5:00 PM
    Selma CNTR, 8 Mulberry Rd, Selma, AL 36703, USA
    Mar 03, 2025, 9:00 AM – Mar 07, 2025, 5:00 PM
    Selma CNTR, 8 Mulberry Rd, Selma, AL 36703, USA
    Join us in historic Selma, Alabama, for an immersive Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation (CORE) and Level 1 Certification training led by the legendary civil rights leader Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. and his team.
  • Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation (CORE) 2.5-DayTraining
    Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation (CORE) 2.5-DayTraining
    Mon, Mar 03
    Selma CNTR
    Mar 03, 2025, 9:00 AM – Mar 05, 2025, 5:00 PM
    Selma CNTR, 8 Mulberry Rd, Selma, AL 36703, USA
    Mar 03, 2025, 9:00 AM – Mar 05, 2025, 5:00 PM
    Selma CNTR, 8 Mulberry Rd, Selma, AL 36703, USA
    Based on the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this intensive CORE training offers an introduction to the philosophy and methods of Kingian Nonviolence.

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MEET OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ATTY. AINKA JACKSON

Ainka Jackson is the founding Executive Director of the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth and Reconciliation, which is committed to bridging divides and building the Beloved Community. She was previously the Metro Guardian ad Litem for the Metro Nashville Public Defender's Office, Juvenile Division where she represented children who were abused and neglected. She has also been a case manager in the foster care system, a teacher and an adult Public Defender. Born in Montgomery, Alabama and raised in Selma, Alabama, Jackson appreciates that every successful legal and legislative movement required a people movement. 

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