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Equipping Climate Workers to Stay Safe: Health and Safety Training with MCN and Resilience Force in New Orleans

Equipping Climate Workers to Stay Safe: Health and Safety Training with MCN and Resilience Force in New Orleans

Mar 21, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Earlier this month, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, and Alma Galván, MHC, headed to New Orleans to meet up with organizers and workers from Resilience Force, a national…
Five on Friday: Barriers to Aid, Barriers to Care

Five on Friday: Barriers to Aid, Barriers to Care

Mar 15, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It is Friday again, and you know what that means! Five on Friday! Join us for a series of recommendations made by MCN staff and interns! Our partners, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers hosted…
Five on Friday: International Women’s Day

Five on Friday: International Women’s Day

Mar 8, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy International Women’s Day! This week, as we pried open the inboxes of MCN staff, we pulled out three pieces relating to women's health, including one Weekly Win. This perspective piece…
Pharmacists Play a Key Role in Care Team at Holyoke Health Center

Pharmacists Play a Key Role in Care Team at Holyoke Health Center

Mar 6, 2024
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
North of Springfield, Massachusetts lies the small city of Holyoke, which is said to have the highest population per capita of Puerto Ricans outside of Puerto Rico. “That’s our patient population…
Five on Friday: Climate Change and Long COVID

Five on Friday: Climate Change and Long COVID

Mar 1, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Another beautiful Friday, another collection of must reads from the MCN staff! Check out our picks for this week’s Five on Friday, featuring two weekly wins. Alma G. sent in an article about…
In the Field: Navigating Wildfires, Heat, and COVID, Mary Jo Ybarra-Vega Turns to Connection and Community

In the Field: Navigating Wildfires, Heat, and COVID, Mary Jo Ybarra-Vega Turns to Connection and Community

Feb 29, 2024
By: Rushil Jain
Before the pandemic, we started getting really hot days in August, and then we started getting wildfires right in our area. It takes months for us to plan this back-to-school health fair event.…
How to Practice Love to Create a More Just Social Order? Jillian Hopewell Showed the Way.

How to Practice Love to Create a More Just Social Order? Jillian Hopewell Showed the Way.

Feb 22, 2024
By: Kaethe Weingarten
This Valentine’s Day, it occurred to me, as it did to others I read this month, that love isn’t just a feeling. It’s an action, a practice, it’s something we do. It’s odd to me that this has…
Five on Friday: Farmer Health and Failures at the Border

Five on Friday: Farmer Health and Failures at the Border

Feb 16, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
TGIF! This week's Five on Friday features five news stories you may have missed, including one Weekly Win, to help you stay on top of the world of migrant health and health justice. Aníbal sent…
Remembering Jillian Hopewell: Health Justice Warrior

Remembering Jillian Hopewell: Health Justice Warrior

Feb 15, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Illustration by Mario Puerta This week marks two months since the passing of Jillian Hopewell, MPA, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Chief Program Officer of Education and Communication. Jillian’s…
Five on Friday: Farmers, Workers, and Heat Stress

Five on Friday: Farmers, Workers, and Heat Stress

Feb 9, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We’ve got another issue of Five on Friday ready for you! All five offerings were recommended by MCN staff this week. What type of impact has the Farm Bill had on Black farmers? It’s yet another…
Elizabeth Gonzalez Ibarra: Helping Farmers and Farmworkers Live Healthier Lives

Elizabeth Gonzalez Ibarra: Helping Farmers and Farmworkers Live Healthier Lives

Feb 8, 2024
By: Robert Kinnaird
Elizabeth has demonstrated that there is no impossible case for her to deal with. She is also very dedicated to her work, always available for help, and willing to go the extra mile. I feel…
Five on Friday: Trauma, Justice, and COVID-19

Five on Friday: Trauma, Justice, and COVID-19

Feb 2, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The weekend has finally arrived! Five on Friday features articles, podcasts, research, and resources that you may have missed. Here is our selection for the week. A new Morning Edition segment…
It’s Late January. How’s Your Resolution Going? Notes on Behavior Change by Kaethe Weingarten

It’s Late January. How’s Your Resolution Going? Notes on Behavior Change by Kaethe Weingarten

Jan 29, 2024
By: Kaethe Weingarten
January is a month of beginnings, starting with the first of the year, the day more often than any other that people in the United States make resolutions to do -- or not do -- an activity. There…
Five on Friday: Agroforestry, Pesticide, and Farmworkers

Five on Friday: Agroforestry, Pesticide, and Farmworkers

Jan 26, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It's Friday at last! Before you head out the door, why not read a few great reads and views recommended by MCN staff? We always end with a Weekly Win to take you joyously into the weekend.…
2023 Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award Winner, Deysi Merino-Gonzalez: Going Full Circle

2023 Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award Winner, Deysi Merino-Gonzalez: Going Full Circle

Jan 23, 2024
By: Sonia Alvarado
Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) is proud to announce Deysi Merino-Gonzalez as the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award. Named after Candace Kugel, FNP, CNM…
Five on Friday: Respiratory Illness, Heat, and Health Insurance

Five on Friday: Respiratory Illness, Heat, and Health Insurance

Jan 19, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Another busy week in the world of health justice! Somehow, it’s already Friday. Time to round up five pieces that MCN staff shared. Here are our picks for the week. Laz appreciated this opinion…
Verónica Martínez Vargas: A Dreamer Reaches her Dream of Becoming a Clinician

Verónica Martínez Vargas: A Dreamer Reaches her Dream of Becoming a Clinician

Jan 18, 2024
By: Amy Liebman
Dreams do come true. That is what I thought last week as I witnessed Verónica Martínez Vargas graduate from one of the country’s oldest Physician Assistant Studies program at the City University…
Five on Friday: Migrant Workers and Health History

Five on Friday: Migrant Workers and Health History

Jan 12, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It's Friday! A hearty welcome back to Five on Friday, where we provide five reads and resources shared by MCN staff. This coming Monday, we celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.…
Celebrating a Year of Health and Community: Austin VdS by the Numbers

Celebrating a Year of Health and Community: Austin VdS by the Numbers

Jan 11, 2024
By: Jannette Nuñez
From vaccination clinics to specialized health screenings and educational sessions, the Ventanilla de Salud (VdS) in Austin, Texas has made a lasting impact on the well-being of the community.…
New Resources: Meeting the Changing Needs of Clinicians Fighting COVID in Underserved Communities

New Resources: Meeting the Changing Needs of Clinicians Fighting COVID in Underserved Communities

Jan 9, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
COVID-19 case numbers are spiking again, the virus is changing, and yet the resources and systems to help clinicians serve their COVID patients are lagging. MCN is working to keep migrant…
Five on Friday: Healthcare, Shelters, and Emergencies

Five on Friday: Healthcare, Shelters, and Emergencies

Jan 5, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy New Year, Five on Friday fans! Welcome back to our weekly tradition, where we sort through all the news in migrant health and beyond and serve up five recommended pieces. Claire…
Unveiling Voices: Latinas Share Research Impacts at the Annual Women's Health Conference

Unveiling Voices: Latinas Share Research Impacts at the Annual Women's Health Conference

Jan 3, 2024
By: Parker Aguilera
Amidst the vibrancy of Migrant Clinicians Network's 8th Annual Women's Health Conference, I had the opportunity to sit down at a conference room table in a quiet part of the conference with 10…
In Memoriam: Jillian Hopewell, MCN’s Chief Program Officer of Education & Communications

In Memoriam: Jillian Hopewell, MCN’s Chief Program Officer of Education & Communications

Dec 18, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It is with heartbreak and profound grief that Migrant Clinicians Network announces the passing of Jillian Hopewell, MPA, Chief Program Officer of Education and Communication. Jillian was surrounded…
Five on Friday: What MCN Staff Read, Watched, and Listened to in 2023

Five on Friday: What MCN Staff Read, Listened to, and Watched in 2023

Dec 15, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It's the last edition of Five on Friday for the year! Migrant Clinicians Network offices will be closed for a winter break from December 22nd to January 2nd, and our blog, including Five on Friday…
Harvesting Success: Insights from the Northeast Latino Agricultural Community Conference

Harvesting Success: Insights from the Northeast Latino Agricultural Community Conference

Dec 14, 2023
By: Jessica Calderón
Last weekend, I had the privilege of attending the Northeast Latino/a/x Agricultural Community Conference organized by Cornell University Small Farms Program in Albany, New York. This event…
Ana Needs Prenatal Care. Your Contributions Help Connect Her to Care.

Ana Needs Prenatal Care. Your Contributions Help Connect Her to Care.

Dec 13, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Meet Ana,* who recently asked for asylum at the US-Mexico border. She was very far along in her pregnancy, had had minimal prenatal care, and was moving from an immigration shelter at the border to…