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It is Never Too Late to Soften Grief
Jul 21, 2021
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By Kaethe Weingarten, PhD This month marks the 45th anniversary of my mother’s death and, finally, it feels different. I am carrying a piece of what pained me more lightly, which is making this…
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Tu voz importa: New Photovoice Project Equips Migrants with Cameras to Share Their Stories
Jun 17, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Sister Zuly, Sister Antonia, and Sister Ana, three participants in Tu voz importa, received their cameras during the first workshop this week. This week, 29 participants gathered for a beginner’s…
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MCN’s 5-Minute Poll: Inform Our Work, Voice Your Concerns, and Win a $25 Target Gift Card!
Jun 15, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
The Trump Administration was regularly cited as a root cause for migrant and immigrant patients to avoid getting the health care they needed – according to clinicians who have taken Migrant…
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"Yes, You ARE Entitled to Your Grief!": Looking at a Year of Many Losses, Many Kinds of Grief
May 12, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
There is no doubt that this past year has been one of grief for millions of people. I have provided online seminars and met with small groups on the topic of grief and heard hundreds of accounts…
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Take MCN’s 2021 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?
Apr 27, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
A recent study shows that, as former President Trump developed his presidential campaign’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, immigrants and migrants who lack authorization to live and work in the US began to…
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Nine Practices to Cope with a Looming Catastrophe
Apr 21, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
I’ve been told seven times that I had a life-threatening disease. Last Tuesday, I was told I might be going blind. This was shocking but not paralyzing. I did what I do. I got a second opinion on…
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Winter Streamline: Strategies for Addressing Intimate Partner Violence During the Pandemic
Mar 30, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
IPV and COVID-19 Intimate partner violence is the physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse, according to the CDC. A recent…
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750 COVID-19 Patients Later, A One-Year Milestone
Feb 2, 2021
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Jannette Nuñez
By Dr. Laszlo Madaras We have now lived through a sad anniversary of the first COVID-19 case in the US, which was reported on January 20th, 2020. Just two weeks later, the first week of February…
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Witness to Witness: Aspects of Flourishing During the Holidays
Dec 22, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
When the history of the last four years is written, I believe that ordinary people are going to be portrayed as the heroes of our time. Election officials, poll watchers, health care workers,…
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Women’s Conference Creates Virtual Safe Space for Austin-Area Latinas
Nov 19, 2020
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By Diana Cañas, MCN InternEarlier this month, the sixth annual Women’s Conference, hosted by the General Consulate of Mexico in Austin and Migrant Clinicians Network, was virtual. In total, 68 women…
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Celebrating Binational Health Week XX Virtually
Oct 19, 2020
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By L. Roxana Pineda, MPH, Coordinator of the Ventanilla de Salud at Mexican Consulate in Austin, Migrant Clinicians NetworkEarlier this month, Migrant Clinicians Network and the Ventanilla de Salud…
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How Witness to Witness Is Helping Health Care Workers, Parents, and Others Address Emotional Responses to the Pandemic
Oct 7, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Although it may feel like the Coronavirus has been with us forever, in fact, for most people, the changes in their lives started in March, when the first emergency declarations occurred in…
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Witness to Witness Provides Rapid Psychosocial Support for Community Health Workers During COVID-19
Aug 25, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Alma Galván MCH, MCN’s Senior Program Manager, approached Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of the Witness to Witness (W2W)…
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Update from Witness to Witness: Pivoting to Virtual Peer Support for Clinicians Experiencing Moral Injury During Pandemic
Jul 28, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
For decades, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, has explored how witnesses to violence are affected by that witnessing. Several years ago, Dr. Weingarten began to wonder how the helpers – like pro-bono…
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Supporting Clinicians During Their Most Challenging Moments: Witness to Witness, by Dr. Laszlo Madaras
Jul 23, 2020
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Jannette Nuñez
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH TS Eliot once wrote that April is the cruelest month, but I would put in a bid for July. While I have spent many happy summers on the shores of Maine and Cape Cod in…
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Trauma, Mental Health, and COVID-19: Giving Tuesday Offers Support for Frontline Clinicians
May 5, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
The last time I ever spoke to my friend Anna, she cried about resigning from her job. Educated at my own alma mater, eventually graduating with a degree in counseling, she had run the gamut of…
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Take MCN’s 2020 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?
Apr 8, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
ICE raids. Public charge. Rhetoric around immigration. In the last three years, clinicians who have taken MCN’s annual poll have confirmed that forces outside of the clinic interrupt health care…
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Streamline: #MeToo in the Fields: New Video and Curriculum to Eliminate Agricultural Worker Sexual Harassment
Mar 18, 2020
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Cast and crew of training video filming. Yakima, WA | September 2019 By Claire Hutkins Seda, Writer, Migrant Clinicians Network and Managing Editor, Streamline When the #MeToo movement exploded…
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Helping the Helpers: Tools for Trauma and Self-Care in the Wake of the Camp Fire
Dec 9, 2019
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Migrant Clinicians Network
a worker helping Camp Fire survivors, what pitfalls do you think are pertinent? In contrast, what ways can maximize effectiveness in the field?” This question, asked by a participant during…
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“Building the Plane Mid-Air”: A Local Perspective, A Year After the Camp Fire
Nov 7, 2019
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Migrant Clinicians Network
By Molly Jolliff One year ago, on November 8th, 2018, my priority at the start of my workday was to pick up flowers for my organization’s five-year anniversary celebration. However, within moments…
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Mother of a Transgender Boy: “Am I Doing the Right Thing?”
Jun 27, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
The Rodriguez family. Front row: Liliana, 13, and Alejandro, 10. Back row: Adrian,15; Jose, father; Izaak, 18; and Carmen, mother. Four years ago, Carmen Rodriguez had trouble switching pronouns…
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Witnessing: How Clinicians Can Move From Traumatic Stress to Empowerment While Serving Their Immigrant Patients
Oct 25, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
(photo by Earl Dotter) When Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, first entered clinical practice as a psychologist and family therapist in 1970s Boston, she began to notice a common theme among her work with…
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MCN and Ventanilla de Salud Celebrate Binational Health Week
Oct 2, 2018
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Migrant Clinicians Network
By Luis Edwardo Retta This time of the year marks the annual Binational Health Week at the Mexican Consulate of Austin. Along with Ventanillas de Salud all over the country, the Austin Ventanilla…
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Streamline Reprint: Disasters, Mental Health, and Puerto Rico: Interview with Dr. Lorena Torres
Sep 4, 2018
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Alma Galván
photo credit: CSMBy Alma GalvanIn September 2017, Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in what is called the strongest hurricane to ever hit the island. The devastation was widespread and long-…
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Summer Streamline: Integrated Team-Based Approach to Hypertension at Virginia Garcia
Jul 5, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
photo courtesy of Viriginia Garcia Memorial Health CenterBy Claire Hutkins Seda, Writer, Migrant Clinicians Network, and Managing Editor, StreamlineFour years ago, the providers at Virginia Garcia…
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Toxic: How To Battle Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Mobile Agricultural Workers
Jun 6, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Divorce, violence in the community, a family member incarcerated or deported, physical or sexual abuse, a lengthy and dangerous migration. For many people across the US, adverse experiences like…
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