Senior Staff Attorney Yleana Roman spoke on racial equity and immigrant rights during the Immigrant Advocates Response Collaborative’s (I-ARC) panel discussion on “The Role of the Legal Advocate at the Intersection of Immigrant Rights and Racial Justice”.

NYLPI has been a proud member of I-ARC since its inception. The Immigrant Advocates Response Collaborative is a nonprofit organization that provides a platform for New York’s immigrant legal services providers to work together. I-ARC seeks to better serve immigrant communities by sharing resources and collectively strategizing on how to resist anti-immigrant policies.

The evening panel featured Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, who was there at the formation of I-ARC and who supported the hundreds of lawyers who rushed to JFK airport to help those affected by the Muslim Ban and other inspiring immigration advocates.

You can watch the panel recording on YouTube.