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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
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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…
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
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(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
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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…
Transformation & Growth: A Message from MCN’s CEO

Transformation & Growth: A Message from MCN’s CEO

May 31, 2022
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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…
Doing Hope Together as Available Consolation Now

Doing Hope Together as Available Consolation Now

May 25, 2022
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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…
Sheltering Hope Along the US-Mexico Border: New Short Film

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

May 11, 2022
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  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.…
Peletah Ministries members gathered

Partner Spotlight: Peletah Ministries

May 5, 2022
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  [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…
MCN's 2021 Impact Report

Building Health Equity: MCN’s Impact in 2021

Apr 21, 2022
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  This week, Migrant Clinicians Network released its 2021 Impact Report, highlighting several key programs and initiatives, in which MCN pushed for health justice in 2021. The report outlines MCN’…
Farmworkers harvesting watermelon

New Study Shows People of Color Shoulder Burden of Harms Caused by Pesticides

Apr 19, 2022
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Farmworkers, people of color, and low-income communities have the highest levels of exposure and harm from pesticides, according to a peer-reviewed study published this week in BMC Public Health.…
Paulina Segovia, PA-C, RDN, Recipient of MCN’s Second Annual Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award

Paulina Segovia, PA-C, RDN, Recipient of MCN’s Second Annual Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award

Apr 15, 2022
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Paulina Segovia, PA, RDN, is only in her second year as a physician’s assistant at Tepeyac Community Health Center in Denver, CO – but she is already making a significant impact on her community.…
Partner Spotlight: Coalition of 100 Black Women

Partner Spotlight: Coalition of 100 Black Women

Apr 6, 2022
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Following years of disinvestment in US public health and social services, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into stark relief the mounting systemic racial inequity, poverty, and unequal access to…
Dr. Laszlo Madaras provides a check-up to a child held by their parent

Celebrating the Value of Underrepresented Voices: MacKenzie Scott Announces MCN Gift

Mar 24, 2022
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Dr. Laszlo Madaras, Chief Medical Officer at MCN, meets with migrants at a shelter in McAllen, Texas. At Migrant Clinicians Network, we have dedicated our lives to raising up the voices of migrants…
Midwife Annie checks on a mother's health

Annie Leone, CNM: A Dedication to Pregnant Asylum Seekers at the Border

Mar 21, 2022
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Annie Leone, CNM, provides a check-up to a pregnant asylum seeker. A pregnant asylum seeker, recently released from detention, is due any day but has been separated from her partner, who was…
People pushing a van out of a rut

I’m in a Rut. What Can I do About It?

Mar 17, 2022
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[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…
People gather in a line for supplies

"US and Global Infrastructure is Unprepared and Unwilling to Prepare for the Increase in Migration" -- Four Critical Strategies to Take On Climate Migration

Mar 10, 2022
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What is the IPCC? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was initiated by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization in 1988. Since then, it has regularly reported and…
Attendees at the Photovoice Exhibit

Women’s Voices Matter. MCN’s Photovoice Project Is Dedicated to Them.

Mar 8, 2022
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Today is International Women's Day. Across the world, numerous countries will recognize the contributions of women across cultural, economic, political, and social spheres. The roots of this…
A collage of different people

MCN Drives Forward Health Equity with $5 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott

Mar 2, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network’s exceptional work to advance health equity for migrant, immigrant, and asylum-seeking communities has been honored and elevated by a $5 million gift from author and…
Dr. Paul Farmer with MCN’s Luis Retta at University of Texas in 2019.

In Memoriam: Paul Farmer, MD, PhD

Feb 22, 2022
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Dr. Paul Farmer with MCN’s Luis Retta at University of Texas in 2019. This week, the world lost one of its most vocal and effective champions of health equity, Paul Farmer, MD, PhD. Dr. Farmer is…
A clinician wearing ppe in the hospital

We Hear You: Opening Ourselves to What Health Care Workers Are Feeling Now

Feb 17, 2022
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[Editor’s Note: In this monthly blog post, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, provides stories, resources, and helpful tips to support health care workers during these…
Workers lay pavement

Heat Stress: Where Health Inequity Meets Climate Change

Feb 16, 2022
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In January, Colorado became the latest state to adopt heat stress regulations to protect farmworkers and other outdoor workers from the higher temperatures and more frequent heat events that are…
Farmers installing irrigation equipment in the dark

Overtime Pay: Why Are Farmworkers Excluded?

Feb 10, 2022
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Last week, the New York State Wage Board passed three resolutions that will finally provide overtime for farmworkers working for more than 40 hours a week. The resolutions also delineate a ten-year…
Clinician speaking with patient

Anger, and Caring for Those who Made Poor Choices, from MCN’s Dr. Madaras

Jan 25, 2022
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By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Migrant Clinicians Network  Thirty years ago, on a late summer August evening during my trauma surgery rotation in 1991, I was called in to assist…
Two people wearing masks

How to Help Someone through the Uncertainty of Waiting

Jan 20, 2022
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[Editor’s Note: In this month’s Witness to Witness blog post, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness, offers us perspective on uncertainty. Visit Witness to Witness page here. You…
Partner Spotlight: American Indian Mothers Inc.

Partner Spotlight: American Indian Mothers Inc.

Jan 13, 2022
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  [Editor’s Note: Since July 2021 Alianza Nacional de Campesinas (Alianza), Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), Rural Coalition (RC) and 20 organizational partners and members have mobilized 221…
Partner Spotlight: Campesinos Sin Fronteras

Partner Spotlight: Campesinos Sin Fronteras

Jan 4, 2022
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[Editor’s Note: Since July 2021, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas (Alianza), Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), Rural Coalition (RC) and 20 organizational partners and members have mobilized 221…
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Hope and Celebration: Top Six MCN Blogs of 2021

Dec 29, 2021
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The end of the year presents opportunities for growth and reflection around future goals and visions. Here at Migrant Clinicians Network, we gather (this year, virtually) during the first few weeks…