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This is a very exciting weekend for our Chico, California office – Tu voz importa photography exhibit is opening at the Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology! This exhibit will feature the photos and stories of Latinx women and youth from around the Northern Sacramento Valley who participated in MCN’s photovoice project with photographer Robyne Hayes. The museum is celebrating the opening... Read More
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 best known for his work in Haiti and, later, in Rwanda, with Partners in Health, where he brought care to the most underserved on the planet through community-based and people-centered care. His work on... Read More
It’s Friday! Time to peek into the inboxes of MCN staff. Each week, we share lots of news, resources, and videos among ourselves to keep up to date. Here are a few we wanted to highlight, including a double weekly win out of Maryland. Del recommended the February 21st screening of this short film on the life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hammer, offered by the WIN Network in honor of... Read More
[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 ongoing unprecedented times. Dr. Weingarten also offers a twice-monthly newsletter, filled with resources, recent articles, and her news and views. Sign up for the newsletter on the Witness to Witness... Read More
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 the fingerprint of climate change. Colorado joins California, Washington, Oregon, and Minnesota to require employers to provide rest, water, and shade, and in some cases training of employees on heat-... Read More
Happy Friday to you! Here, we offer up five pieces recommended by the staff of Migrant Clinicians Network, including one Weekly Win, to keep you up to date in the world of health justice.Roxana shared this NPR article that leans on new data to answer to questions like “If I just had COVID, am I protected against getting a severe course of COVID in the future?” The Future of the Pandemic Is... Read More
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 phase-in to ratchet down from the current 60-hour-a-week threshold to 40 hours. Immediately after the announcement, the New York Farm Bureau and other farmer-aligned organizations began rallying... Read More
[Editor’s Note: Here, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, provides tips to de-stress by seeking out fun, as part of our ongoing blog series from MCN’s Witness to Witness. The W2W page offers numerous resources in English and Spanish to support the mental health of those in high-stress jobs working with marginalized and traumatized patients.] In the last few months, Omicron has disrupted the holidays,... Read More
It’s Friday again! Lots of updates in the world of health justice this week, including a double weekly win, so let’s get right to it:More and more research is confirming that the COVID vaccine does not negatively impact fertility and pregnancy. Del shared the latest from the CDC: Receipt of COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy and Preterm or Small-for-Gestational-Age at Birth Kaethe shared an... Read More
[Editor’s Note: Since July 2021, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), Rural Coalition and 20 organizational partners and members have mobilized 221 community health outreach workers across 20 states and Puerto Rico to encourage vaccination within Black, Indigenous, and people of color rural communities through a learning collaborative. Funded by an $8.1 million grant... Read More
