In the fourth installment of Reflections: A Race Forward Podcast, recorded at the National Immigrant Integration Conference 2021, Jo-Ann Yoo, Executive Director of the Asian American Federation tells Race Forward’s Hendel Leiva,“ I had to create a lexicon with our communities – that if you say the words enough people start to say it too.

In the third installment of Reflections: A Race Forward Podcast, recorded at the National Immigrant Integration Conference 2021, Shiu-Ming Cheer (she/her), Deputy Director of Programs & Campaigns at the California Immigrant Policy Center tells Race Forward’s Hendel Leiva, “This is the first time at the conference that there has been an AAPI-specific plenary, and I think in large part it was in response to the rise in anti-Asian violence over the last two years during COVID.

In the second installment of Reflections: A Race Forward Podcast, recorded at the National Immigrant Integration Conference 2021, Angelica Salas, Executive Director at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights tells  Race Forward’s Hendel Leiva, “What I notice is that immigration and immigrant rights become the one thing that can be sacrificed at the end of a long battle towards progressive justice.

In this first installment of Reflections: A Race Forward Podcast, recorded at the National Immigrant Rights Conference 2021, Nicole Melaku, Executive Director, National Partnership For New Americans tells  Race Forward’s Hendel Leiva, “Seven years ago, there were a lot of folks who were still squeamish about talking about immigrant integration beyond typical terms of workforce or English. And so here we are seven years later, where we unapologetically address the need to bring about real reform for millions of people across the country.”