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Pesticides and Racism: From Manufacturing, to Delivery, to Application. Here's how to fix it.

Pesticides and Racism: From Manufacturing, to Delivery, to Application. Here's how to fix it.

Nov 16, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Follow the life of pesticides, and you will find structural racism at every step. From manufacturing to usage, the health of people of color and people with low income are disproportionately at…
World Kindness Day: Practicing Kindness Whenever Possible

World Kindness Day: Practicing Kindness Whenever Possible

Nov 13, 2022
By: Kaethe Weingarten
World Kindness Day, November 13, is an international holiday first introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement. “The holiday is devoted to promoting kindness throughout the world and…
Maryland Needs Basic, Common-Sense Heat Standard – Not What Has Been Proposed

Maryland Needs Basic, Common-Sense Heat Standard – Not What Has Been Proposed

Nov 3, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
[Editor’s Note: MCN’s Maryland office is finishing up their comments on Maryland Occupational Safety and Health’s proposed heat stress rule. The comment deadline is Monday, November 7, 2022. The…
Enedelia Basurto: Raised in a Migrant Family, Now Advocating for Migrants’ Health Needs with Health Network

Enedelia Basurto: Raised in a Migrant Family, Now Advocating for Migrants’ Health Needs with Health Network

Nov 2, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Enedelia (Center left) with the MCN team at an immigration center in McAllen, Texas. [Editor’s Note: Our Health Network Associates work tirelessly to ensure that patients who are migrating can…
MCN White Paper: Pregnant Asylum Seekers Struggle to Access Prenatal Care

MCN White Paper: Pregnant Asylum Seekers Struggle to Access Prenatal Care

Oct 18, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Today, Migrant Clinicians Network released a new white paper, “Failures of US Health Care System for Pregnant Asylum Seekers.” This nine-page report outlines how pregnant asylum seekers who have…
Partner Spotlight: Asylum Seekers Shelter, San Diego

Partner Spotlight: Asylum Seekers Shelter, San Diego

Oct 13, 2022
By: Robert Kinnaird
Image from Sheltering Hope documentary In San Diego, thousands of asylum seekers cross the border every month, looking for a safe haven where they can pursue a better life. Linda Hill, MD, MPH, the…
After Fiona, Some Reminders to Take Care of Yourself

After Fiona, Some Reminders to Take Care of Yourself

Sep 27, 2022
By: Kaethe Weingarten
It’s hard to fathom the misfortune of enduring a hurricane on the fifth anniversary of another devastating one, but that is what happened to those living in Puerto Rico this past week.  Hurricane…
5 Years After Maria, Supporting Community Efforts to Face Climate Change

5 Years After Maria, Supporting Community Efforts to Face Climate Change

Sep 19, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
[Editor’s note: Today, Puerto Rico is in darkness, and thousands are stranded. Hurricane Fiona has devastated the island, on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria. These events invite us to…
Asylum Seekers vs. Refugees: What’s the Difference, and Why Does it Matter?

Asylum Seekers vs. Refugees: What’s the Difference, and Why Does it Matter?

Aug 9, 2022
By: Xander Starobin
Although incorrectly interchanged at times, the terms “refugees” and “asylum seekers” are not the same. In fact, the distinction between them is a crucial factor in how they receive medical care.…
Nominations Now Accepted for 2022 Kugel-Zuroweste Health Justice Award

Nominations Now Accepted for 2022 Kugel-Zuroweste Health Justice Award

Aug 5, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
These unprecedented times have revealed unparalleled heroes. Although these valiant healers wear scrubs rather than capes, the clinicians specializing in migrant health face unique challenges in…
US and International Migration Policy Must Prioritize Health Care Access

US and International Migration Policy Must Prioritize Health Care Access

Jul 12, 2022
By: MCN Admin
Two weeks ago, 53 people lost their lives to excessive and grueling heat exposure when their smuggler abandoned the semitruck in which they were traveling in the heat in San Antonio. This…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Peletah Ministries members gathered

Partner Spotlight: Peletah Ministries

May 5, 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…
MCN's 2021 Impact Report

Building Health Equity: MCN’s Impact in 2021

Apr 21, 2022
By: MCN Admin
  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
By: MCN Admin
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
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
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
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
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
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
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
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
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
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
[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
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
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…