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Stillman College will be in Selma on Saturday to host a seminar focused on the state of healthcare in the Black Belt.

The event is “The Truth About Care in the Black Belt,” and it will be held on Saturday, May 3, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Brown Chapel AME Church, located at 410 Martin Luther King St.

The event is open to the public, and members of the public are encouraged to bring their questions about healthcare.

The event is intended to foster “an important and eye-opening” conversation on how race and geography impact healthcare in the Selma and across the Black Belt.

Topics include:

• Why Black people in the Black Belt are dying at higher rates from cancer.

• How healthcare access differs for Black vs. white communities.

• What we can do together to close the gap.

The event is part of Stillman College’s Black Belt Health Equity Initiative sponsored in part of Pfizer around the believe that everyone deserves quality health care.