Why was the Society created?
At the successful 1st World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health in Edinburgh in 2018, there was a strong consensus for setting up a Global Society which would continue to take a worldwide perspective on the vital issues discussed at the Congress. This has now been established, chaired by Prof Bernadette Kumar. It will soon be an Incorporated Charity in the United Kingdom, led by an international Board of Trustees and managed by In Conference, a leading Association and Conference Management Company. What will the Society do? The Society is a meeting point for individual members and affiliated organisations working to protect and improve the health of all, regardless of their place of origin or ethnic/racial background. It provides opportunities to exchange information and ideas and promote beneficial change across the world. Since its launch in October 2020, it has held two successful webinars with two more scheduled in 2021. A 2nd World Congress is being planned for 2023. Our freely accessible website, www.gsmerh.org is a unique source of research evidence, national and international reports and other resources on all the key issues. We will coordinate working and discussion groups - a Covid-19 researchers’ group is already active. Why should I join? As a member, you will enjoy reduced rates at all Society events for which a fee is charged. You will receive regular newsletters highlighting important events worldwide, key new publications and other developments. You will be able to join specialist topic discussion or working groups. You can also get involved in running the Society, through nominating yourself or others for election as a trustee or office bearer and participating in scientific committees or other working groups. Am I eligible? Everyone over the age of 18 and living anywhere in the world can join, provided they agree to uphold the Society’s values. How much does it cost? Membership is free until December 31, 2021. Thereafter a modest annual subscription will be charged to help cover the Society’s running costs. This will vary according to your country of residence and there will be a special student rate. The scale of fees will be shown when you apply for membership. How do I join? Click on this link and it will take you through to the membership website. If you have any further queries please contact In Conference Ltd by email: [email protected] or call on +44 (0)131 336 4203. Prof Laurence Gruer Secretary, Global Society on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health Honorary Professor of Public Health, Edinburgh and Glasgow, UK
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Last Thursday's webinar was a great success. 458 people from around 50 countries attended for at least part of the meeting. They heard a series of excellent presentations with many contributing to a lively Q&A, which could have lasted for much longer than 25 minutes. Many thanks to Charles and his team at Amsterdam UMC.
The recording of the event is available until April 25 via https://www.gsmerh.org/events where you can also find the four PowerPoint presentations. In the first week of his Administration, President Biden signed a number of Executive Orders, reversing many of the more drastic immigration policies put in place during the Trump Administration. What policies were reversed, and what impact will those reversals have on immigration policy moving forward? What more could be done to reform the US immigration system?
The Zolberg Institute and CMS in discussion of the 40 recommendations, what the new Administration has done to date, and what actions remain. Panelists include leading experts and scholars on US immigration policy; moderated by international correspondent Deborah Amos. Presented by the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School and the Center for Migration Studies of New York. The M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centres, Universities and National Academies has put Migrant and Refugee Health on the agenda of the World Health Summit since 2015. In 2017, the M8 Alliance held their first Expert Meeting on this issue in Rome, attended by participants from around the world. Since then annual follow-up meetings were established.
Pandemic Perspectives presents curators, historians, and topic specialists in engaging panel discussions offering perspectives on the current pandemic. Panelists virtually share historic objects and photographs as a springboard to a lively discussion of how to better understand the present. Audience questions are encouraged and will be addressed during the moderated dialogue.
Rural California — An upcoming press conference at 10 am on Tuesday, February 2 will release a new report highlighting the precarious conditions farmworkers are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Always Essential, Perpetually Disposable: California Farmworkers and the COVID-19 Pandemic shares stories from California farmworkers collected via 63 in-depth interviews as a follow-up to the 915 person COVID-19 Farmworker Study (COFS) statewide survey.
In addition to sharing their health, household, and workplace struggles amidst the pandemic, these interviews elevate the voices of farmworkers who spoke to uneven distribution of resources, poor enforcement and eroded levels of trust toward government entities. “Carlos” a farmworker in Kern County expressed bitterness toward the label “essential worker” currently used to describe laborers in the industrial food system.. “...Como se llama indispensables pero esenciales, pero parece como que no somos esenciales, como qué somos como basura que no sirve, se tira y se contrata a más gente. Así me siento. We’re supposedly indispensable and essential, but it feels like we’re not essential, as if we are useless trash that you can throw away and then they’ll just hire more people. That’s how I feel.” These in-depth interviews document how the pandemic has exacerbated long-standing crises, vulnerabilities, and economic frailties within the food system, heightening insecurity, risk, and health disparities for farmworkers and their families. COFS Phase Two was led by health anthropologists Drs. Bonnie Bade and Dvera Saxton, in partnership with a team of Research Associates rooted in farmworker communities across the state. According to Dr. Saxton, “farmworkers shared their lived experiences with us, and these must inform our efforts to change the trajectory of the pandemic for rural areas and for immigrant communities who often feel overlooked and forgotten.” COFS is a collaborative research project facilitated by the California Institute for Rural Studies, with a team of social science researchers and six farmworker-serving community-based organizations: Alianza Ecologista, Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño, Central California Environmental Justice Network, Comite Cívico del Valle, Farmworker Care Coalition/Vista Community Clinic and Líderes Campesinas. “The COVID-19 Farmworker Study (COFS) provides urgent insights that can shape equitable COVID-19 responses, policies, and actions in rural and immigrant communities across California,” said Erica Fernández Zamora, a COFS Phase 2 interviewer and Research Associate. Data from the project is being put to immediate use to advocate for workers who are risking their lives every day to feed California and the nation. To register for the Zoom webinar go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rShid2zCR22Ou1lUTpf9Gg The World Health Organization published a a global study to assess the public health social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees and migrants.
Catalina Correa-Salazar -MERHG affiliate- published an article in Semana with colleague Isabela Marín on the dire health and economic situation of Venezuelan women migrants in Colombia under COVID-19.
Ana Martinez-Donate, Mariana Lazo, and doctoral student Claudia Zumaeta-Castillo -MERHG affiliates- were interviewed by WHYY. They and their CRISOL program were mentioned.
Ana Martinez-Donate was selected by Congreso for their Congreso Community Champion Award! She will be presented with that award on their Annual Fundraising Event on October 15th. Congreso wrote “We are taking this opportunity to celebrate and publicly recognize those within our community, who have given excellent service to our community, or who have shown outstanding partnership to our agency and its stakeholders. It is our privilege to congratulate [Dr. Martinez-Donate] for all of her contributions through her founding and leadership of The Latino Health Collective , and we extend this invitation to be a part of our event as our Congreso Community Champion. See more here: www.congreso.net
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