
It can be a challenge to select just five pieces to highlight each week. Here are some of the articles that we bet you haven’t seen yet this week -- and we think you’ll enjoy them and maybe find them useful in your own work in health justice. Pull up a chair, grab some tea, and dive in to this week’s Five on Friday:
Meet Maria Moreno: The First Farm Worker Woman in America To Be Hired As A Union Organizer
Corey, Communications and Graphic Designer, sparked some conversation when sharing an article on the new documentary about Maria Moreno [2], the first farmworker in the US to be hired as a union organizer.
Real Action on Administrative Burden Is Long Overdue
Lasz, Co-Chief Medical Officer, found that this article from the American Academy of Family Practice on addressing burnout [3] and the comments following “have definitely resonated with many family physicians including me. The administrative burden has become even heavier in the last decade.”
Connecting the Dots: Emerging Migration Trends and Policy Questions in North and Central America
Claire, Writer and Editor, shared the new Migration Policy Institute report, “Connecting the Dots: Emerging Migration Trends and Policy Questions [4] in North and Central America.”
Health of Women and Children Report
Alma, Senior Program Manager of Environmental and Occupational Health, forwarded us America’s Health Ranking’s Health of Women and Children Report [5].
Trump wants immigrants to be afraid. 2 new studies show it’s working.
Jillian, Director of Education and Communication, sent around this Vox article on two studies showing evidence that immigrants’ fear and worry are increasing [6] in the current political environment.
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