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A Tour of a Detention Center, A Taste of My Own Freedom and Privilege

A Tour of a Detention Center, A Taste of My Own Freedom and Privilege

Jun 27, 2022
By:

Karen

Mountain

( People in line at the processing facility in Donna, Texas) It’s 8:30 AM on June 10th in flat, brown Laredo, Texas. It’s already hot and headed toward scorching as 20 of us lined and masked up in…
Supreme Court Abortion Decision Violates Women’s Fundamental Health Rights and Increases Inequities

Supreme Court Abortion Decision Violates Women’s Fundamental Health Rights and Increases Inequities

Jun 24, 2022
By: MCN Admin
Today’s Supreme Court decision Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will restrict women’s access to abortion, a procedure that the United Nations Human Rights Committee recognizes as a…
Five on Friday: Climate Change Is a Public Health Crisis

Five on Friday: Climate Change Is a Public Health Crisis

Jun 24, 2022
By: MCN Admin
  It's the first official weekend of summer! Why not grab an iced tea, slather on the sunblock, and dive into Five on Friday? Here are the top five news and insights shared by MCN staff this week to…
Some Ideas For Offering Comfort When A Person Is Ill Or Grieving

Some Ideas For Offering Comfort When A Person Is Ill Or Grieving

Jun 23, 2022
By:

Kaethe

Weingarten

[Editor’s Note: Every month, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, shares stories, resources, and helpful tips to support health care workers during these ongoing…
Migrant Clinicians Network Steps Up Language Access; Launches New Website

Migrant Clinicians Network Steps Up Language Access; Launches New Website

Jun 21, 2022
By:

Robert

Kinnaird

Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) has long worked to make health care services and educational materials more accessible for the Latinx community, however, we still have a lot of work to do to reach…
Five on Friday: World Refugee Day 2022

Five on Friday: World Refugee Day 2022

Jun 17, 2022
By: MCN Admin
  This Monday we are recognizing World Refugee Day. For this week’s Five on Friday, we are taking the chance to contemplate where we can better address the needs of refugees and asylum seekers and…
Partner Spotlight: Cottage House Inc.

Partner Spotlight: Cottage House Inc.

Jun 14, 2022
By: MCN Admin
[Editor’s Note: In 2021, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), Rural Coalition and 20 organizational partners and members mobilized 221 community health outreach workers…
Five on Friday: Only Weekly Wins!

Five on Friday: Only Weekly Wins!

Jun 10, 2022
By: MCN Admin
  It's rough out there! Time for a special edition of Five on Friday: Only Weekly Wins! Instead of just one dose of good news, we've gathered five pieces to lift your spirits, all recommended by MCN…
Environmental Stewardship: Developing Young Conservation & Emergency Management Community Leaders at School

Environmental Stewardship: Developing Young Conservation & Emergency Management Community Leaders at School

Jun 9, 2022
By:

Myrellis

Muñiz-Márquez

(Community impact by students from the Jose Emilio Lugo School at Adjuntas) [Editor’s Note: June 1st marked the beginning of hurricane season. In Puerto Rico, Migrant Clinicians Network engages…
Six-Episode Podcast, Now Available In Full, Explores “Doing Hope” To Support Clinician Well-Being

Six-Episode Podcast, Now Available In Full, Explores “Doing Hope” To Support Clinician Well-Being

Jun 8, 2022
By:

Robert

Kinnaird

What does it mean to “do hope?” What if hope were a verb, not a noun? We Do Hope, a six-episode podcast that releases its final installment today, embraces that idea. Hope is not just something you…
Mass Shootings: From Grief and Outrage to Activism and Action

Mass Shootings: From Grief and Outrage to Activism and Action

Jun 6, 2022
By:

Kaethe

Weingarten

May we not just grieve, but give: May we not just ache, but act;         Amanda Gorman, “Hymn for the Hurting” On May 14th and 28th, two eighteen-year-old males massacred 31 people and injured…
Five on Friday: Our Recovery From COVID

Five on Friday: Our Recovery From COVID

Jun 3, 2022
By: MCN Admin
  ...And June has arrived! Pull up a lounge chair, put some ice cubes in your tea – and read Five on Friday, our weekly rundown of articles offered by MCN staff to keep us updated on the goings-on…
Supporting Teachers & School Communities in the COVID-19 Response – And Prepare for Future Emergencies

Supporting Teachers & School Communities in the COVID-19 Response – And Preparing for Future Emergencies

Jun 2, 2022
By:

Myrellis

Muñiz-Márquez

[Editor’s Note: June 1st marks the beginning of hurricane season. In Puerto Rico, Migrant Clinicians Network engages numerous community partners and industries to build hyper-local emergency…
Transformation & Growth: A Message from MCN’s CEO

Transformation & Growth: A Message from MCN’s CEO

May 31, 2022
By:

Karen

Mountain

By Karen Mountain, MBA, MSN, RN, Chief Executive Officer, Migrant Clinicians Network This year, 2022, is a year of transformation for Migrant Clinicians Network -- and for me. MCN has grown…
Five on Friday: Shelters Manage Increased Border Crossings

Five on Friday: Shelters Manage Increased Border Crossings

May 27, 2022
By: MCN Admin
  Five on Friday time again! Let’s wrap up the work week with five articles from MCN staff, including one Weekly Win, to keep us updated on migrant health news and health justice efforts.  …
Chronic Sorrow: The Case for Turning Individual Grief to Collective Caring

Chronic Sorrow: The Case for Turning Individual Grief to Collective Caring

May 26, 2022
By:

Kaethe

Weingarten

[Editor’s Note: May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In her monthly blog post, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, reflects on grief, and what has changed (or not) since…
Doing Hope Together as Available Consolation Now

Doing Hope Together as Available Consolation Now

May 25, 2022
By:

Kaethe

Weingarten

Yesterday’s tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas has left most people heartbroken. The shooting was the 27th school shooting so far in the 19 weeks of 2022; there have been at least 212 other mass…
A clinician checks the blood pressure of a patient

Long COVID and Historically Marginalized Patients: Amplified Risks Require a Different Approach

May 25, 2022
By:

Claire

Seda

[Editor's Note: The Spring issue of Streamline reached mailboxes across the United States a few weeks ago. Here, we reprint one featured article. On our Streamline webpage, you can read the entire…
We Do Hope: New Uplifting Podcast Miniseries from Witness to Witness

We Do Hope: New Uplifting Podcast Miniseries from Witness to Witness

May 21, 2022
By:

Robert

Kinnaird

  We are proud to announce the premiere of We Do Hope, a six-episode podcast series hosted by Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, the founder and director of the Witness to Witness (W2W) Program and Pamela…
Five on Friday: Masks at School Reduce Secondary Transmission

Five on Friday: Masks at School Reduce Secondary Transmission

May 20, 2022
By: MCN Admin
  It's Friday! Time for our weekly rundown of MCN staff picks of migrant health news and health justice efforts.   Pollution is deadly. A new analysis, reported by ABC News and forwarded on by…
FAQ: The COVID-19 Vaccine and Migrant, Immigrant, and Food and Farm Worker Patients

FAQ: COVID-19 and Migrant, Immigrant, and Food & Farm Worker Patients

May 18, 2022
By:

MCN

Staff

Migrant Clinicians Network continues to receive questions from our clinical network on COVID-19 and vaccines for migrant, immigrant, and farmworker communities. While vaccines are available for all…
A worker processes poultry

The Trauma of Avian Flu: What Workers Need

May 17, 2022
By: MCN Admin
Avian flu is back, and it’s killing millions of chickens and turkeys across the Midwest and East Coast. In the short time that the H5N1 strain of avian flu has been spreading, over 37 million…
Five on Friday: California to Provide Food Assistance to All

Five on Friday: California to Provide Food Assistance to All

May 13, 2022
By: MCN Admin
  We’re tumbling into the weekend once again, and, unsurprisingly, the staff of Migrant Clinicians Network had a lot to share this week. Here are five must-read/must-listen/must-watch pieces that…
El Día del Niño at the Ventanillas de Salud Provides Fun, Education, & Health Access for Local Texas Communities

El Día del Niño at the Ventanillas de Salud Provides Fun, Education, & Health Access for Local Texas Communities

May 12, 2022
By:

Jannette

Nuñez

On a warm Saturday morning, dozens of families joined the Austin Ventanilla de Salud to celebrate El Día del Niño, a celebration that originated in Mexico and dates back to 1925, celebrating and…
Sheltering Hope Along the US-Mexico Border: New Short Film

Sheltering Hope Along the US-Mexico Border: New Short Film

May 11, 2022
By: MCN Admin
  Their stories are harrowing. The murder of children, and death threats at home. No work, no crops, no food. Unavoidable violence and a feeling that the only way to get to safety is to flee home.…
Five on Friday: COVID Deaths & Gaps in Public Health Data

Five on Friday: COVID Deaths & Gaps in Public Health Data

May 6, 2022
By: MCN Admin
  Friday is here again! Why not ease into a lovely May weekend with five reads on health justice, offered up by MCN staff? While not all are feel-good stories, we will end on a positive note with a…