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Happy New Year's Eve! Before you head out to (safely) ring in the new year, we wanted to offer up five end-of-year recommendations that you can lean on in the new year.Kaethe originally forwarded on this subscription newsletter from epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina. Others quickly climbed aboard. Now much of the MCN team reads it regularly. Your Local EpidemiologistThis weekly podcast with Dr.... Read More
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 of January to determine an internal set of guidelines to drive our efforts for the next calendar year. Last year, amidst the challenges of 2020, our staff felt strongly about the need to usher in a... Read More
[Editor’s Note: In this post, Myrellis Muñiz-Márquez, MCN’s Puerto Rico Program Manager, delineates some of the ways that the climate crisis is exacerbating health inequities. MCN’s Puerto Rico office has several initiatives aimed at protecting the health and well-being of historically marginalized members of communities when climate-fueled disasters strike. You can support their efforts... Read More
Tamales, posole, pie, Chinese food, ponche, challah, pasteles, cannolis, cuernitos... many different foods and drinks define the holiday season for all of us at MCN. This week, in recognition that the holidays can be challenging, lonely, or stressful, as well as joyful and connecting, we shared our holiday traditions to help mentally and emotionally prepare. The discussions mostly turned toward... Read More
Last month, researcher, professor, and farmworker health advocate Don Villarejo passed away. Villarejo was a founder of the California Institute for Rural Studies, an important nonprofit research organization, as well as a founder of the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at the University of California, Davis, and a founder of the California Agrarian Action Project, now the... Read More
By Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Pamela Secada, MCN’s Witness to Witness Program Manager, and Jessica Calderón, Witness to Witness Program Associate[We are in the final days of our end-or-year campaign! You can support Witness to Witness to ensure that clinicians on the frontlines have the support they desperately need. Donate today and help us meet our fundraising... Read More
Happy Friday! We at MCN have regular video calls with staff across the country, and it’s always a challenge this time of year to hold in those grumbles when the Puerto Rico team is enjoying 85-degree weather. At one meeting this week, the climate differential between offices was 46 degrees, from below-freezing, to tank top time. Every type of weather appears to be possible this week, and some... Read More
By Jenna Feinauer, Migrant Clinicians Network and Dr Ivette Ruiz, MS-HSBP, Healing by Growing Farms LLCAlthough the frequency of mental illnesses among migrants varies, all migrants are subject to environmental and situational influences such as natural disasters that may greatly affect their mental state. The COVID-19 pandemic has only increased the need for mental health care especially within... Read More
MCN Position Statement: Climate-Integrated Disaster Preparedness Needed to Protect Most Vulnerable Workers
Unprecedented tornados ripped through large swaths of the Midwest on Friday, killing dozens including many workers across multiple states. In Kentucky, eight people died at work at a candle factory that was destroyed by a tornado; in Illinois, six Amazon warehouse workers died when the roof of the building collapsed. Over 100 remain unaccounted for.This terrible tragedy has shone a spotlight on... Read More
Friday has arrived! Why not ease into a December weekend with five reads on health justice? While not all are feel-good stories, we always end on a positive note with our Weekly Win, and all aim to keep us up to date in migrant and immigrant health. So, pull up a cozy chair, grab a cup of cocoa, and read up.Kaethe shared the LA Times article that shares numerous personal stories before noting, “... Read More
