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The jubilee was filled with an array of events geared toward the education of civil rights but on Saturday, one sector of the jubilee events was geared towards wellness and empowerment.

There were several vendors that were alongside each other in the parking lot of the George Reception Center like Girl, Level Up, which is an uplifting organization dedicated to women and girl empowerment that’s located in Selma, and 1186 Water, which is a water company based out of Autaugaville, just miles away from Selma, that promotes healthy water that has no preservatives and it’s all natural.

“We love coming out to these events, supporting the community, getting out, educating them about the importance of good water,” said Dorita Davis, who is a customer service manager of 1186 Water. “Our water is different because it’s natural. It’s basically hundreds and hundreds of feet up under the Earth’s surface and we don’t alter the water at all.”

Davis said the water stays pure and it’s natural without any additives, no chemicals and Davis said she just wants people to know who stopped by their booth just how important it is to have clean, natural water and how healthy it can be for them.

Another organization that was a part of the wellness and empowerment village, was an organization called United to End Racism.

United to End Racism, is an organization that helps people recognize the impact of experiencing racism and help them see how it can result in racial trauma, that will soon down the road lead to the need of getting help to heal.

“What we want people to take away from our organization is that there are opportunities to get to heal from racial trauma and when we take the opportunity to heal from racial trauma, it can help in all parts of our lives, including giving us better access to our thinking, our brilliance, our ability in communication with each other and to engage in the struggle,” said Barbara Love, coordinator of the United to end racism’s healing project.

Love said the three pillars that she said she wanted people to take away from coming to her booth was to first, remember their essential humanness and their goodness. Secondly, to remember that racism causes harm and she said her third pivotal point that she wants them to remember is that they can heal from the harm but ignoring the harm doesn’t help, but that with time that they can heal.

Love said those who are interested in the work of healing through their organization online can email them at uer@rc.org and visit their website for more information at https://www.unitedtoendracism.org.