Meet our Panelist
NANA GYAMFI
Executive Director Black Alliance for Just Immigration
Nana Gyamfi is the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration ( BAJI ), a Black national organization that fights for the rights of Black migrants and African Americans through organizing , legal advocacy , research , policy , and narrative building to improve the conditions of Black communities by advancing racial justice and migrant rights . A Movement attorney for over 25 years , Nana is co-founder of Justice Warriors 4 Black Lives and Human Rights Advocacy , organizations dedicated to fighting for human rights and Black liberation . She is a former professor in the Pan African Studies Department at California State University Los Angeles and the former President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers ( NCBL ).
" As Dr . King said , an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere . It is that creed of the civil rights movement that still motivates us today ... So today , we take up the cause of joining arms with out immigrant brothers and sisters in that spirit ... to lend a hand to those who confront injustice as a result of a broken immigration system ." - Rep . Steven Horsford , D-NV-04