U.S. Senator Doug Jones will host a forum on environmental justice and community development in the Black Belt at Wallace Community College in Selma, Alabama on Monday, Nov. 25 at 12 noon in coordination with the League of Conservation Voters and The Nature Conservancy.

U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama talking to a member of his staff in his office in the Russel Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.: Glynn Wilson

Senator Jones, the Democrat from Birmingham, will moderate a panel of local officials and environmental experts.

“For too long, residents of the Black Belt haven’t had the same access to opportunities and resources as their fellow Alabamians,” Senator Jones said in the announcement about the event. “We need to think big about how to solve these problems, and that’s why I wanted to hold a forum of local activists, public officials, engineers, and environmental experts for an important conversation about community development and environmental justice in the Black Belt.”

The event will be open to the public, with doors opening at 11:30 a.m. CST. Seating is first come first served.