We are wrapping up National Farmworker Awareness Week here at MCN with lots of social media posts on articles and resources that you can use to learn about and support the health of farmworkers. Make sure to follow us on social media to get these updates on your platform of choice: X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn! On to Five on Friday – five pieces recommended by MCN staff to keep you up to date in the world of health justice. 

Our hearts go out to the families and the community of the workers on the bridge in Baltimore who died when it collapsed. Construction is one of several dangerous professions where a high percentage of the workers are Latino. Amy shared this NBC News piece. Baltimore Bridge Collapse Calls Attention to the Growing Latino Labor Force and the Risks They Face 

Pam offered up this 126-page toolkit from UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute. Transformative Research Toolkit: Strategies and Resources for Community-Driven Knowledge and Action 

Claire shared growing research pointing to chronic dehydration among farmworkers; the article summary is provided as an audio and the article is available in Spanish as well. Dehydration Is Rampant among Florida Farmworkers, New Study Shows 

Weekly Win: Amy celebrated that Phoenix, AZ has passed a city ordinance to protect workers from extreme heat! Read the press release from the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health. Phoenix Ordinance“Will Change My Life,” Says Airport Worker Exposed to Extreme Heat 

Weekly Win: Aníbal forwarded on the new changes to the way the federal government asks about race and ethnicity, including during the census. Finally, the race and ethnicity questions will be combined, which will reduce confusion and miscategorization, and “Middle Eastern or North African” will be added as an option, allowing people like Egyptians, Iranians, Palestinians or Libyans to choose a category other than “white.” Both changes will allow people to select answers that are more closely aligned with how they self-identify, research shows. OMB Publishes Revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity 

Have a safe and healthy weekend!