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Empathy Can Be Debilitating. Here’s How to Move Empathy into Action.

I have always been haunted by certain kinds of injustices.  Since the founding of Witness to Witness (W2W), there have been many issues that I cannot shake. In July 2019, I heard Columbia Law…
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It is Never Too Late to Soften Grief

By Kaethe Weingarten, PhDThis 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 time…
Sister Zuly, Sister Antonia, and Sister Ana, three participants in Tu voz importa, received their cameras during the first workshop this week.

Tu voz importa: New Photovoice Project Equips Migrants with Cameras to Share Their Stories

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…
Take MCN’s 2021 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

MCN’s 5-Minute Poll: Inform Our Work, Voice Your Concerns, and Win a $25 Target Gift Card!

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

[Editor’s Note: May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This blog comes from Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of MCN’s Witness to Witness program. Keep up to date with W2W by signing up for the W2W…
Take MCN’s 2021 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

Take MCN’s 2021 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

 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

[Editor’s Note: This article, originally published on Medium last month, was written by Migrant Clinicians Network’s Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness. In the last year,…
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Winter Streamline: Strategies for Addressing Intimate Partner Violence During the Pandemic

IPV and COVID-19Intimate 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 special…
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750 COVID-19 Patients Later, A One-Year Milestone

By Dr. Laszlo Madaras[Note from Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, MCN's Director of Witness to Witness: Here, MCN’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Laszlo Madaras writes to the staff of Migrant Clinicians Network,…
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Witness to Witness: Aspects of Flourishing During the Holidays

[Editor’s Note: The holidays are upon us! Today, we turn to Witness to Witness (W2W), Migrant Clinicians Network’s program that serves those who are in high stress jobs working with vulnerable…
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Women’s Conference Creates Virtual Safe Space for Austin-Area Latinas

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

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

[Editor’s Note: Witness to Witness continues to provide remarkable resources to help us cope with our emotional responses to the pandemic – and the many other stressors in our lives. Sign up for…
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Witness to Witness Provides Rapid Psychosocial Support for Community Health Workers During COVID-19

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

[Editor’s Note: Last week was the two-year anniversary of Witness to Witness! In just two short years, Witness to Witness has supported over 3,000 frontline workers like pro-bono attorneys working at…
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Supporting Clinicians During Their Most Challenging Moments: Witness to Witness, by Dr. Laszlo Madaras

By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH[Editor’s Note: Witness to Witness is celebrating its two-year anniversary this week. Migrant Clinicians Network’s Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, reflects…
Giving Tuesday Now: Witness to Witness

Trauma, Mental Health, and COVID-19: Giving Tuesday Offers Support for Frontline Clinicians

[Editor’s Note: Have you heard? GoFundMe has declared today Giving Tuesday -- and Migrant Clinicians Network needs your help. Our Witness to Witness program, which supports frontline clinicians who…
Take MCN’s 2020 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

Take MCN’s 2020 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

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

Cast and crew of training video filming. Yakima, WA | September 2019[Editor’s Note: This article, reprinted from the winter issues of Streamline, MCN’s in-print quarterly publication, reviews a new…
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Helping the Helpers: Tools for Trauma and Self-Care in the Wake of the Camp Fire

[Photo by Karl Hoffmann][Editor’s Note: MCN’s California office was established in Chico in 2000 and serves as the hub of education and communication for the organization. In June of this year, MCN…
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“Building the Plane Mid-Air”: A Local Perspective, A Year After the Camp Fire

By Molly JolliffOne 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 of…
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Rosa, A Child with Symptoms of Psychosis, Was In Detention. Medical Review for Immigrants Helped Her Get Out, and Into Emergency Care.

Rosa* is a young child with cerebral palsy. Like thousands of other children, she had crossed with her family into the US seeking asylum, and was brought to a detention facility. At the detention…
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Mother of a Transgender Boy: “Am I Doing the Right Thing?”

The Rodriguez family. Front row: Liliana, 13, and Alejandro, 10. Back row: Adrian,15; Jose, father; Izaak, 18; and Carmen, mother.[Editor’s Note: It’s the end of Pride Month. Today, we hear from the…
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Witnessing: How Clinicians Can Move From Traumatic Stress to Empowerment While Serving Their Immigrant Patients

(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

By Luis Edwardo RettaThis 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 de…
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Streamline Reprint: Disasters, Mental Health, and Puerto Rico: Interview with Dr. Lorena Torres

photo credit: CSM[Editor’s Note: September is National Preparedness Month. We are once again deep into hurricane season. Health centers in hurricane-prone regions continue to update their preparation…