NAFUSA held its second webinar on April 20. It was sponsored by Locke Lord LLP and featured Former United States Senator Doug Jones. The title of Doug’s talk was “Justice Delayed, Not Justice Denied: The prosecutions of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing cases.” Doug served as the United States Attorney for the District of Alabama (1997-2001) and as the United States Senator for the State of Alabama from 2018 to 2021.

He is a long time member of NAFUSA and would have been installed as president of NAFUSA in 2018 if he hadn’t stepped down to run for the Senate. In April, the Center for American Progress (CAP) welcomed Doug as a distinguished senior fellow. At CAP, Doug will focus on racial equity and social justice issues, as well as criminal justice and democracy reform.“Sen. Jones has been a leader in the fight for civil rights for decades,” said John Podesta, founder of the Center for American Progress. “At this critical moment, I’m grateful that the former senator will bring to CAP his deep expertise and commitment to racial equity and strengthening our democracy.”

“Events over the past year have brought our country to a moment of reckoning on matters of race and justice, including inequities in health care, education, income and voting rights,” said Sen. Jones. “With this moment, we have an opportunity to fulfill our obligation to future generations of Americans to protect the gains made over the last half-century and set the country firmly on the path of progress. I look forward to working with CAP to develop and promote policies that can help move us toward a more perfect realization of our founding ideals.”

In the event you were unable to join us for the webinar, it was recorded and available here: