IRI’S Senior Policy Analyst Featured in New York Amsterdam News

IRI’s Senior Policy analyst, Shamier Settle, wrote an op-ed featured in Amsterdam News. Shamier ties her own experience as a descendant of African American migrants from the south, during the Great Migration, to the experience of immigrants moving in search of a better life today.

Settle wrote:

“The building that my great grandmother moved into when she first arrived in NYC is the same building that I live in with my family- that’s 4 generations that were able to call Harlem home because of one decision that she made all those years ago.

Our shared story of migration connects us to the migrants who are arriving today and our shared path forward rests in solidarity.”

To read the full op-ed, click here.