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Five on Friday | October 23, 2015

Oct 23, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week’s Five on Friday exposes the many fronts on which the struggle for migrant justice is fought: in detention centers, in health centers, in government offices. Here are the top five…
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Linking Health and Justice in the Migrant Community

Oct 11, 2015
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Sharena Hagins, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and Alexis Guild, Farmworker Justice As clinicians who treat migrant patients, you often see people whose health is affected by far…
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Five on Friday | October 9, 2015

Oct 9, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, Homero Segovia, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Health Network Associate, tragically lost his life in a car accident. We at Migrant Clinicians Network struggled to keep working with the…
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Five on Friday | September 4, 2015

Sep 4, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Labor Day: Double issue! One of the best ways we can honor our country’s workforce is to stay informed on the many issues that affect their health and safety. This Friday, we commemorate the…
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Announcing our Health Justice Plan

Aug 25, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“Migrant Clinicians Network works to engage members of our clinical network and all relevant stakeholders to advance health justice for the mobile poor. We believe that migratory status should not…
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Five on Friday | August 14, 2015

Aug 14, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Across the country, the harvest season is in full swing: farmworkers are shaking the almond trees in California, raking the blueberries in Maine, and harvesting the wheat and barley in Minnesota. In…
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Five on Friday | July 31, 2015

Jul 31, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
We’re belly-flopping into those last few sticky-hot weeks of summer before the kids head back to school. Want some last-ditch-effort summer reading? Check out the top five suggested reads from our…
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Dr. Luis Zayas Provides Testimony on Family Detention

Jul 29, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Yesterday, Luis Zayas, PhD, a member of MCN’s External Advisory Board, offered testimony to members of congress and others at the Family Detention Forum in Washington DC, hosted by the…
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Five on Friday | July 24, 2015

Jul 24, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The offices of Migrant Clinicians Network are spread out over several states, the main one being in Austin, TX, and the other very small “satellite” offices on both West and East Coasts. Each of our…
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Huge Win for Farmworkers: Washington State Piece-Rate Workers To Get Paid Rest Breaks

Jul 20, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The Washington State Supreme Court last week determined that farmworkers who are paid piece rate wages deserve paid rest breaks. The unanimous decision in the case, Demetrio et al. v. Sakuma Brothers…
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Five on Friday | July 17, 2015

Jul 17, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week’s Five on Friday provides new clinical resources, articles on migrant perspectives and realities, and, of course, the obligatory light-hearted TED Talk, all recommended by MCN staff. 1.…
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ONE YEAR LATER Fostering a Refugee Son in Washington State

Jul 16, 2015
By: Elaine Penn
Right about the time that I joined Migrant Clinicians Network, at the beginning of 2014, I received an email from a local organization that worked with the University of Washington. It was about…
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ONE YEAR LATER Post-Migration Trauma and Evaluating Children in Texas Immigration Facilities: Q&A with Dr. Luis Zayas

Jul 14, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Luis Zayas, PhD, is the Dean and Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy, at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Social Work. He is also a member of Migrant…
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Five on Friday | July 3, 2015

Jul 2, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Proud to be in America? Yes! Last week, in a statement regarding the Supreme Court decision requiring states to recognize same-sex marriage, President Obama said, “Today should give us hope that, on…
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MCN applauds Supreme Court pivotal decision on Affordable Care Act

Jun 29, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) applauds the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which affirms the federal government’s ability to distribute…
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Five on Friday | June 26, 2015

Jun 26, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Let’s celebrate! Three out of five of our Five on Friday selections are clear wins for migrants workers and immigrants in the US, leading to greater workplace protections and better access to health…
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Farmworkers Arrive in Washington DC to Push for Stronger Worker Protections

Jun 22, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In the countdown to the finalization of the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard, what farmworkers and migrant clinicians want to share with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is what it’s…
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Five on Friday | June 19, 2015

Jun 19, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Our “Five on Friday” blog posts are always a joyous reminder of how many organizations are working toward the same goals: health justice, a voice for marginalized populations like the mobile poor,…
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Five on Friday | June 12, 2015

Jun 12, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Friday is once again tugging on our brains, luring us into the weekend before 5pm… What are your plans this weekend? Care to add a little bit of health justice reading to the mix? 1. Karen,…
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Five on Friday | June 5, 2015

Jun 5, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The first weekend in June has arrived! Our top five links from MCN staff for the week are all over the map; we’ve included a bit of everything, from new migration flow data to the Pope. Which of…
MNC Tammy Blackman

Radiologic Approach | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 30, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
As we close out our Anniversary month by highlighting our last clinician from 30 Clinicians Making a Difference, we reflect back on our family of clinicians to ask: What motivated them to start…
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Engagement | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 29, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
An exciting aspect of our 30 Clinicians Making a Difference project was watching the local communities of our clinicians celebrate the honor through newsletter announcements, links on health…
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Five on Friday | May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
As we approach the end of May, we know that many health centers’ migrant programs are kicking into full gear. Perhaps you need a moment’s rest after a busy week? Or maybe you would like to catch up…
MNC Marsha Griffin

It’s Every Child | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 28, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
One month ago, the New Yorker aimed its bright light on kidnappings of immigrant children at the US/Mexico border. The fourteen-page article centered around Rio Grande City, where undocumented…
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Serving the Community | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 27, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Earlier this month, Dr. Ed Zuroweste, MCN’s Medical Director, gave a talk about Health Network’s TB Net -- the portion of our bridge case management system that focuses on patients with…
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Delivering Babies… And Much More | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 26, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This month, Barb Boehler, CNM, will make her big screen debut, as one of the midwives featured on the new movie The Mama Sherpas. (Boehler is visible for a split second in the movie’s trailer, too…