Five on Friday: Meet Maria Moreno, the First Farm Worker Woman in America To Be Hired As A Union Organizer
It can be a challenge to select just five pieces to highlight each week. Here are some of the articles that we bet you haven’t seen yet this week -- and we think you’ll enjoy them and maybe find them useful in your own work in health justice. Pull up a chair, grab some tea, and dive in to this week’s Five on Friday:
Meet Maria Moreno: The First Farm Worker Woman in America To Be Hired As A Union Organizer
Corey, Communications and Graphic Designer, sparked some conversation when sharing an article on the new documentary about Maria Moreno, the first farmworker in the US to be hired as a union organizer.
Real Action on Administrative Burden Is Long Overdue
Lasz, Co-Chief Medical Officer, found that this article from the American Academy of Family Practice on addressing burnout and the comments following “have definitely resonated with many family physicians including me. The administrative burden has become even heavier in the last decade.”
Connecting the Dots: Emerging Migration Trends and Policy Questions in North and Central America
Claire, Writer and Editor, shared the new Migration Policy Institute report, “Connecting the Dots: Emerging Migration Trends and Policy Questions in North and Central America.”
Health of Women and Children Report
Alma, Senior Program Manager of Environmental and Occupational Health, forwarded us America’s Health Ranking’s Health of Women and Children Report.
Trump wants immigrants to be afraid. 2 new studies show it’s working.
Jillian, Director of Education and Communication, sent around this Vox article on two studies showing evidence that immigrants’ fear and worry are increasing in the current political environment.
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