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Three health centers join MCN's Environmental and Worker Health Program

Mar 30, 2016
By: KerryBrennan
MCN’s Maryland office is excited to welcome three new partner health centers to its Environmental and Worker Health Program. In 2016, MCN will initiate partnerships with Costa Salud in Rincón,…
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Staggering new report on severe workplace injuries, and how community health workers can be the answer: New MCN webinar series!

Mar 24, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Ver en españolLast week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a report on its first year in collecting incident reports relating to severe injuries. Under its new rules…
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In the Field: Environmental and Occupational Health in Puerto Rico

Mar 15, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, our Environmental and Occupational Health team headed to Puerto Rico for a train-the-trainer session at Hospital General Castañer, a community health center located in the mountains in the…
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Five on Friday | March 4, 2016

Mar 4, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
We’ve had another very busy week at MCN. Here are some updates from the world of public health and health justice that we thought you’d enjoy, chosen by MCN staff members. 1. Del, Director of…
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Five on Friday | February 26, 2016

Feb 26, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Friday is once again tugging on our brains, luring us into the weekend… What are your plans for this weekend? Care to add a little bit of health justice reading into the mix? Here are a few…
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In the Field: Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health

Feb 25, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, clinicians and health justice advocates from across the West Coast have gathered in Portland, Oregon for the 2016 Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health. The Western Forum features…
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In the Field: Tending Tomorrow’s Blooms with Migrant Head Start

Feb 24, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Yesterday, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Juliana Simmons, MSPH, CHES, Environmental and Occupational Health Program Manager presented on MCN’s Protecting Children While Parents Work project in…
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Five on Friday | February 19, 2016

Feb 19, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Our Five on Friday blog posts are always a joyous reminder of how many organizations and individuals are working toward the same goals: health justice, a voice for marginalized populations like the…
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Kevin Keaney: Leader in the Field

Feb 17, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In its current issue, the Journal of Agromedicine celebrated the work of Kevin Keaney, chief of US Environmental Protection Agency’s Certification and Worker Protection Branch. Keaney is a driving…
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2015 Year in Review: MCN’s hard work… all on one page

Feb 16, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Earlier this month, we released our 2015 Year in Review, which highlights some incredible facts and figures on Migrant Clinicians Network’s programs and services and the voluminous and much-needed…
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Five on Friday | February 12, 2016

Feb 12, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Anniversary, Five on Friday! It was a year ago this week that we began to send out our weekly recommendations from staff. What recommendation in the last year do you remember most? Here are…
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Five on Friday | February 5, 2016

Feb 5, 2016
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 sign up for our blog to receive updates in…
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Five on Friday | January 29, 2016

Jan 29, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
While in the MCN offices we celebrated the awarding of the Cares Award to Health Network and the publication of our op-ed on tuberculosis, we kept our finger to the pulse of health justice in the US…
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What makes a strategic planning retreat successful? MCN shows you how!

Jan 20, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
MCN’s Board of Directors joined the entire MCN staff for a high-energy, joyful, yet focused multi-day strategic planning retreat in Austin, Texas earlier this week. Rosemary Sokas, MD, MOH, Board…
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Five on Friday | January 8, 2016

Jan 8, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy New Year from all of us at Migrant Clinicians Network! Here’s our weekly rundown of videos, programs, and news stories, on migrant health and beyond, as recommended by MCN’s own staff. 1.…
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Chlorpyrifos: Take Action to Help Us Secure the Ban

Jan 4, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Submit comments to the Environmental Protection Agency about its move to ban chlorpyrifos today -- the comment period ends tomorrow, January 5th! In October, the Environmental Protection Agency at…
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2015 Top Five Highlights from MCN’s Environmental and Occupational Health Team

Dec 30, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
This year was a very busy one for MCN’s Environmental and Occupational Health team. Our hard-working Maryland office completed a number of projects and initiated some ambitious new ones, to keep…
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Five on Friday | December 4, 2015

Dec 4, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
At MCN offices across the country, we’re bundling up to keep the December chill out. Our thoughts quickly turn to those who live in homes that can’t keep the wind out -- and to those who don’t have…
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On the Path to Migrant Health: Mayra Melendez and Immigration Issues

Nov 30, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Mayra Melendez was seven years old when she moved with her family to Salisbury, Maryland from Lima, Peru in 2001. “My dad came here with an H1B visa, through an employer,” Melendez recalled. “He…
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2015 MCN Health Justice Highlights: Thank You, MCN Supporters!

Nov 22, 2015
By: Charlotte McCann
We’re feeling very grateful for the wonderfully vibrant and dedicated community of migrant clinicians that we serve. Thank you for your hard work in the fight for health justice for the mobile poor!…
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Five on Friday | November 13, 2015

Nov 13, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
We’ve had another very busy week at MCN. Here are some updates from the world of public health and health justice that we thought you’d enjoy, chosen by MCN staff members. 1. Claire, Writer and…
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Environmental and Occupational Health at Midwest Stream Forum

Nov 12, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
This week, I joined Ricardo Garay, MCN’s Health Network Manager, and Theressa Lyons, MCN’s Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator, to represent MCN at the Midwest Stream Farmworker Health…

Announcing: Streamline Autumn 2015

Nov 10, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Our fall issue of Streamline, our quarterly clinical publication, is hot off the presses! Download the new issue and view dozens of back issues here. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the content, in…
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In the Field: Juliana Simmons on Pesticides Panel at AAP Meeting

Nov 5, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On Tuesday, MCN’s Juliana Simmons, MSPH, CHES, Environmental and Occupational Health Program Manager, attended a meeting hosted by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Maryland Chapter and the…
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In the Field: MCN promotes worker health and safety at APHA meeting in Chicago

Nov 4, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
MCN’s Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, attended the 143rd American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Exposition in Chicago. Yesterday,…
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In the Field: Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee in Washington, DC

Oct 22, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health at MCN, is in Washington, DC to serve on the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee. Liebman is beginning her two-year…