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The Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health is an annual conference bringing together health professionals from migrant and community health centers and allied organizations for the purposes of education and training, information and resource sharing, coalition building, and program and policy development.

The conference theme is “A New Agenda: Lung Health Beyond 2015”, which reflects the changing landscape of global public health, and the new era of action that
 we will embark on together in the coming years.

The Midwest Stream Farmworker Health Forum, produced by the National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc., is an annual conference that provides quality, farmworker specific, professional development experiences for individuals in all disciplines within migrant health. The Forum offers a diverse program featuring sessions on clinical topics, lay health outreach, research, and leadership development. Participants also have the opportunity to gain continuing education credits.

The Rural HIV Research and Training Conference is a two-day forum for exchanging the latest information and learning the newest tools to address the challenges of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in rural communities.

Begun by the North Carolina Community Health Center Association in 1988, the East Coast Migrant Stream Forum (#ECMSF) is an annual conference that offers health professionals skills-based trainings and professional development opportunities in the migrant health field.  The audience includes outreach workers, front-line staff, healthcare providers, administrators, and other health advocates.

The recent events in Charleston, South Carolina, Baltimore, Maryland, and Ferguson, Missouri, remind us that stigma, inequalities and civil rights injustices remain in our society today.* Unfortunately, skin color plays a large part in how people are viewed, valued and treated. We know that racism, both intentional and unintentional, affects the health and well-being of individuals and communities and stifles the opportunity of many to contribute fully to the future and growth of this nation.

Course Description:Each year, millions of patients are treated for a variety of serious medical conditions with prescriptions drugs. This free SAMHSA-sponsored course will provide specific knowledge and skills associated with safe prescribing of opioids, including balancing optimal pain relief and preventing inappropriate use of opioid analgesics.-SAMHSA-

This conference is for Community Champions (community health workers, community health advisors, lay health advocates, promotores, outreach educators, community health representatives, peer health promoters, and peer health educators). Come and learn about evidence-based programs for prevention and self-management of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. http://www.migrantclinician.org/conference/healthchampions">More info

The intersection of poverty, migration and health creates a unique set of behavioral health issues that are often exacerbated by exposure to trauma. This session will review the concept of trauma informed care to promote integrated behavioral health practices in primary care which adress the complex social, cultural, economicm and justice factors that contribute to disease burden. To effectively address behavioral health issues for migrants requires both astute observation and gentel questioning on the part of the clinician.

The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), in partnership with the Migrant Clinicians' Network and Health Care for the Homeless, is co-sponsoring a training for health care professionals with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the HHS Office on Women’s Health (OWH), facilitated by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Primary Health Care, focused on identifying and caring for victims of human trafficking within Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
In September 2013, the ACF, with support from the OWH, launched