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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’…
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Hope and Celebration: Top Six MCN Blogs of 2021

Dec 29, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
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…
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Coronavirus? Or TB? An Effective Public Health Approach Would Address Both

Mar 24, 2020
By: Brenda Ramirez
By Ed Zuroweste, MD, Founding Medical Director, and Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer You’ve heard about the symptoms before. It can at first seem like the flu -- fever, night sweats…
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COVID-19 Widens Health System Inequities, Threatening to Leave Migrants and Immigrants Behind: MCN Analysis and Resources

Mar 12, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The spread of COVID-19 has dominated the headlines, but what does the virus mean for our most vulnerable populations? Migrants, asylum seekers, and immigrants already hit numerous barriers to get…
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How MCN Built Practical Solutions in 2019: Our Year in Review

Mar 2, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In 2019, thanks to the remarkable support of our network, Migrant Clinicians Network faced many new challenges in migrant health head-on, with innovative resources, programs, training, and technical…
MCN Staff and Board at the 2020 Strategic Planning Meeting in Austin, TX

Migrant Clinicians Network’s 2020 Strategic Meeting: Celebratory, Collaborative, and Renewing

Jan 29, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
MCN Staff and Board at the 2020 Strategic Meeting in Austin, TX  Migrant Clinicians Network marked the new year with its annual in-person strategic meeting, during which the Board of Directors and…
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Best of the MCN Blog: Most Important Stories of 2019

Jan 9, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy New Year! In 2019, Migrant Clinicians Network published 167 blog posts. Whew! With so many posts, it can be difficult to keep up! As we start a new year, many articles rise to the top,…
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Top 5 Reasons I <3 MCN

Dec 26, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network makes us swoon. That’s because, as an organization, it has taken huge strides in improving the health and well-being of migrants and immigrants in its 35-year history --…
Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, Director, Environmental and Occupational Health

Amy Liebman, Motivated Champion of Environmental and Worker Health Justice

Dec 19, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“I don’t know where it came from. I just have a very strong sense of justice,” declared Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health for Migrant Clinicians Network.…
Going Platinum: Migrant Clinicians Network Earns GuideStar’s Highest Seal of Transparency

Going Platinum: Migrant Clinicians Network Earns GuideStar’s Highest Seal of Transparency

Dec 18, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This month, Migrant Clinicians Network earned a 2019 Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, the world’s largest and most trusted source of nonprofit…
Deliana Garcia, MA, Director, International Projects and Emerging Issues

Deliana Garcia: Intrepid Champion for Health Justice

Dec 17, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
[Editor’s Note: Happy Anniversary, Migrant Clinicians Network! We continue to celebrate our 35th anniversary with profiles of some of MCN’s founding members. Here, we profile the life and work of…
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MCN Welcomes Dr. Franyuti and Dr. Shelly to Board of Directors

Dec 11, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
[Dr. Giorgio Alberto Franyuti Kelly and Dr. Robert Shelly] Earlier this year, Migrant Clinicians Network welcomed two new board members to our clinician-driven Board of Directors: Giorgio Alberto…
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Announcing MCN’s Updated Mission and Vision

Nov 4, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Since 1984, Migrant Clinicians Network has worked tirelessly to build practical solutions at the intersection of vulnerability, migration, and health -- and we’re ready for the next 35 years. To…
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MCN welcomes Nelly Salgado de Snyder, MA, DSW

Aug 7, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
[Nelly Salgado de Snyder works with MCN's Robert Corona, Nestor Reyes, and Roxana Pineda.] [Editor’s note: Migrant Clinicians Network welcomes Nelly Salgado de Snyder, MA, DSW. This year, Salgado…
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35 Years of Caring: Celebrating Karen Mountain, RN, MCN's Leader and Defender of Health Justice

Jul 24, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“I always knew I wanted to go into health care,” says Karen Mountain, MBA, MSN, RN, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Chief Executive Officer, the first and only leader that MCN has had since its…
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35 Years of Migrant Clinicians Network: Imagine What’s Next

Jul 1, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
  2019 marks the 35th anniversary of Migrant Clinicians Network. Since first embarking on this road to empower clinicians serving migrants in 1984, MCN has pushed for health justice throughout the…
Position Statement: MCN Condemns Trump Administration Announcement of ICE Raids

Position Statement: MCN Condemns Trump Administration Announcement of ICE Raids

Jun 20, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States.” -President Trump, via Twitter, June 17, 2019Migrant…
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In Memoriam: Charles Van Der Horst, MD

Jun 18, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network mourns the passing of Charles Van Der Horst, MD, a fierce advocate for health access, a prominent HIV/AIDS researcher, and emeritus professor of medicine and infectious…
Luis Retta, Health Network Associate

In the Spotlight: Luis Retta, Health Network Associate

May 15, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
  [Editor’s note: Let’s celebrate our Health Network team, the hardworking people who save lives by assuring continuity of care!  Health Network is our bridge case management program that provides…
2018 Year in Review

Year in Review: Migrant Clinicians Network’s 2018 Highlights

Apr 11, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
  Almost 100,000 technical assistance encounters; 1,764 continuing education hours; a fifty percent increase in usage of Health Network by community health centers: In 2018, Migrant Clinicians…
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In Memory of Dr. Paul Monahan

Mar 8, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“I speak specifically here of the loopholes in current laws, which exempt migrant and seasonal farmworkers and farmers from basic worker protection standards afforded to all other workers and child…
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#Amplify Health Justice: 24 hours to donate to MCN through @AmplifyATX

Feb 28, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Participants at a health fair organized by Ventanilla de Salud, MCN, and the Consulate General of Mexico, Austin. [ Participants at a health fair organized by Ventanilla de Salud, MCN, and the…
MCN Team photo 2019

MCN Strategic Planning Meeting

Feb 20, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
  Over the weekend, 23 MCN staff members and all eight of our board members gathered in Austin, Texas for a weekend of strategic planning. The meetings, held on Saturday and Sunday with the board…
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Response from the Field: Dr. Jose Rodriguez on Hurricane Deaths in Puerto Rico

May 31, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
 New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine affirms what clinicians on the ground already knew: the official death toll from devastating Hurricane Maria is vastly underestimated. …
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Position Statement: Families Seeking Safe Haven Should Not Be Separated

May 14, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
 As health care providers, we at Migrant Clinicians Network strongly oppose immigration policy that separates children from their parents. The lifelong health impacts of such trauma administered by…
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In the Field: Ventanilla de Salud Annual Conference in Dallas

May 9, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
 [Editor’s Note: Ventanilla de Salud (VDS) is a program designed to help Mexican nationals living in the US find and access health care services at 55 consulates throughout the United States. MCN’s…