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Washington State Testimony: Drift Pesticide Exposure can have acute, chronic, and developmental effects

Apr 21, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, MCN’s Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH, MA, headed to the Washington State legislature’s Health and Wellbeing Committee to provide testimony on the wide-ranging effects of drift pesticide…
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Five on Friday | April 17, 2015

Apr 17, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Five on Friday: To bring you into the weekend, we present you with the top five items that MCN staff shared this week, on the many happenings in migrant health and beyond. Jillian, Director of…
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Weekly Round-Up | April 10, 2015

Apr 10, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Friday! Time for our weekly rundown of interesting pieces of news and more from our team at MCN. Maps, maps, maps: Ricardo, Health Network Manager, found this new map visualizing the health…
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Building Broader Connections #NPHW

Apr 9, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week is National Public Health Week, in which we celebrate the work we are doing as public health professionals to better the health and well-being of individuals and communities around the…
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Weekly Round-Up | April 3, 2015

Apr 3, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Friday! Here’s our weekly rundown of interesting videos, programs, and stories, on migrant health and beyond, as recommended by MCN’s own staff. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed to…
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21,000 Signatures

Apr 2, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
How thick is a petition with 21,000 signatures? On Tuesday, Cesar Chavez day, the Environmental Protection Agency found out. The EPA received a petition with 21,000 signatures from individuals…
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In the Field: Connecting the Dots between Climate Change and Migrant Health

Mar 31, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On Wednesday, MCN’s Amy Liebman, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, will be traveling to Washington, DC to attend the Climate for Health National Leadership Convening, a one-day…
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Making the connection: How The Work of Cesar Chavez is Informing the Conversation Today

Mar 31, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today is Cesar Chavez Day, in which we celebrate the birthday of a farmworker who fought for basic human rights and dignities for fellow farmworkers. And yet, decades later, there is still so much…
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Weekly Round-Up | March 27, 2015

Mar 27, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Wow, we’ve had a very busy week here at Migrant Clinicians Network. We published an Op-Ed in the Sacramento Bee in honor of World TB Day, and we launched 30 Clinicians Making a Difference, to…
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Sacramento Bee: MCN Publishes Op-Ed on TB Treatment in US Migrant Population

Mar 26, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
We were thrilled to see the Sacramento Bee publish our piece about Tuberculosis, in honor of World TB Day, which was on Tuesday. Here’s a quote from the piece: “Many doctors who see migrants are…
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World TB Day: Call to Accelerate Access to DR-TB Drugs

Mar 24, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In honor of World TB Day, on March 24th, Migrant Clinicians Network has joined dozens of organizations from across the globe in signing an important letter to global health actors and drug companies…
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Taking Action for Farmworker Access to Care: Farmworker Awareness Week

Mar 23, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today is the first day of Farmworker Awareness Week -- and the last day for members of Congress to sign onto a letter that may greatly affect future access to care for farmworkers. From the Campaign…
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Weekly Round-Up | March 20, 2015

Mar 20, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
We had a busy week here at MCN -- we're excited for the weekend. Here's our weekly rundown of news and notes in the world of migrant health and beyond, as recommended by MCN staff. Make sure to…
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Highlights from Our Community Health Workers Webinar Series

Mar 17, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Tomorrow is the third installment of our ten-episode webinar series for promotores conducted entirely en Español, entitled Principios de Salud Pública para Promotores. The first two webinars -- ¿Que…
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NWRPCA Open House

Mar 17, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, MCN’s Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH, MA, joined about 40 others for an open house at the new office space of the Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA) in Seattle, WA. Jennie was…
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A Campus-Community Partnership: New Article Published on An Interdisciplinary Approach to Worker’s Health in Tennessee

Mar 16, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Amy Liebman, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, is a co-author of a newly-published article in the Winter 2014 issue of Progress for Community Health…
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Weekly Round-Up | March 13, 2015

Mar 13, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Hooray for Friday! Here’s something to bring with you into the weekend: this week’s news and notes, from MCN staff, on migrant health and beyond. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed to receive our…
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In the Field: In Wisconsin, Dairy Worker Health and Safety Trainings in Action

Mar 12, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
After a lengthy journey from Maryland, Kerry Brennan, MCN’s Environmental and Occupational Health Program Associate, arrived in Wisconsin last week (to single-digit weather!) to pilot a training that…
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MCN Weekly Round-Up | March 6, 2015

Mar 6, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Is it Friday, already? Here are some great updates on migrant health and beyond, sent by staff members at MCN. We hope you enjoy them. From Jillian, Director of Professional Development and…
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Environmental Health in the Field: Our EPA Partners Experience Migrant Workers' Lives Firsthand

Mar 5, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, MCN’s Environmental and Occupational Health office in Maryland was thrilled to host our partners from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for visits to several local sites where we…
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Women's Human Rights Hearing in Texas

Mar 3, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Ed Zuroweste, MD, MCN’s Chief Medical Officer, will be one of seven expert panelists in a women’s human rights hearing in Texas this week. The event, called Nuestra Voz, Nuestra Salud, Nuestro Texas…
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New Study Shows Health Network is Cost Effective

Mar 2, 2015
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We’re thrilled to announce the findings of a recent study on Health Network. Here’s an excerpt from our press release: New research released today indicates that Health Network, the bridge case…
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MCN Weekly Round-Up | February 27, 2015

Feb 27, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Friday! Here are a few interesting pieces to keep us up-to-date in the world of migrant health, as recommended by staff at MCN. Amy, MCN’s Director of Environmental and Occupational Health,…
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In the Field: A look at MCN’s environmental and occupational health team

Feb 16, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, Amy Liebman, MCN’s Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, and Juliana Simmons, Environmental and Occupational Health Program Manager, escaped the dreary winter skylines of…
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Valentine's Week Round-Up

Feb 13, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Friday! Here are some articles, talks, and resources that caught the eye of MCN employees this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. From Charlotte, Development Coordinator: Here's a…
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Showing Love to Farmworkers

Feb 11, 2015
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For Valentine’s Day, let’s show our love to farmworkers. As clinicians, we care about the health and safety of our country’s 1.5 million farmworkers and their families who work tirelessly to bring us…