Alabama News Updated: From the West Alabama Newsroom– A project to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and education — is giving away free money. The Selma Center for Non-Violence, Truth and Reconciliation is giving away $100 gift cards to people this Friday. Ainka Jackson is the executive director at the center. “We will be giving out $15,000 dollars worth of gift cards to parents to hear their experience about virtual learning — about what they want to see happen with the education of their children in the Dallas County Public Schools and the Selma City Public Schools,” she said.