Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth & Reconciliation
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Using Kingian Nonviolence, we work to heal & transform the root causes of violence, including racial & economic violence, & to build the Beloved Community. The Voting and Civil Rights Movement in the deep American South has impacted the world. However, it gave hope toward promises that have not yet been fulfilled. In the 1960s, many leaders of the movement held a long-term vision beyond desegregation and the ability to simply participate in the voting process. They envisioned a nation, indeed a world, where the systems and institutions that governed citizens and families were based on love and justice. For the Center, these and other key values are encapsulated in the primary values of nonviolence, truth and reconciliation. The architects of the Voting and Civil Rights Movement called this vision the Beloved Community.
The Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth and Reconciliation envisions the Beloved Community as a world where people’s similarities and differences are celebrated, and where policies in government and community institutions, as well as the culture they create, support fairness, equity, harmony, compassion and love in our interactions, as well as the sharing and preservation of resources for generations to come.
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This afternoon, beat the heat with something sweet as we seek to assist our neighbors who are homeless, living on the streets!
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Mrs. Brenda & Mrs. Callie doing prep for today's Pre-Mother's Day Banquet...
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Pre-Mother's Day Banquet in the works...
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There have been 5 more deaths by violence in the area in the last 5 weeks. It is with great sadness that we invite the mothers and grandmothers who have lost their child to violence to the Mother's Day Dinner at 4:30 this afternoon. We invite you to heal with others who share your pain and celebrate the life of your child as we seek to transform our community.
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Loyola University Maryland, one of our Alternative Spring Break groups, went back home and raised funds for ClarkElementarySchool and Ancient Africa Enslavement & Civil War Museum during their Advocacy Day! #investinSelma
As the South Grows: On Fertile Soil - National Committee For Responsive Philanthropy
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Read the experiences one of our 2017 Alternative Spring Break Groups! We're so excited that 8-12 students of these students will be coming back this summer for our Social Justice Internship!
As the South Grows
Where Confederate Memorial Day is still celebrated
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Join us this Saturday as the Southern Poverty Law Center listens to your experiences with the schools in the Selma and Dallas County area as we partner to create the system we want to see!
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