This webinar will be provided in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish.
Clinicians and health care workers are caring for immigrant and migrant communities in a time of increased fear, uncertainty, and stress. This three-part webinar series will offer trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and community-centered approaches to supporting patients, families, and the workforce that serves them. Sessions will focus on trauma-informed care in the current immigration climate, best practices for community-based participatory campaigns, and the Witnessing model for sustaining compassion, reflection, and collective care.
This three-part series is the result of requests from our clinical network and community partners for additional support in trauma-informed care, including our 2025 survey with Physicians for Human Rights, post-webinar session evaluations, and MCN office hours. MCN is dedicated to being responsive to your emerging concerns. Email contedu@migrantclinician.org to provide your feedback and suggestions.
Sessions
SESSION 1: Trauma-Informed Care in Health Care Settings: A Panel Discussion
June 25, 2026
The discussion will focus on practical trauma-informed approaches for creating safety, communicating clearly, supporting patient choice, and responding with empathy while recognizing the structural conditions that shape immigration-related fear and distress.
SESSION 2: Best Practices for Community-Based Participatory Campaigns
July 23, 2026
This session will focus on best practices for developing community-based participatory campaigns with community members, CHWs, organizers, and trusted messengers. Participants will explore how to identify community priorities, use clear and accessible language, and create campaigns that reflect the strengths and lived experiences of immigrant and migrant communities.
SESSION 3: Witnessing: Understanding the Effects of Overexposure to Stories of Suffering and Trauma
August 27, 2026
Clinicians and health care workers may be exposed to difficult stories and situations when supporting immigrant and migrant patients and families. This distress may come from what patients share, what workers observe directly, or the limits they face when trying to help within systems shaped by immigration-related fear, family separation, legal uncertainty, and unequal access to care. This work can be especially challenging when providers feel they cannot change the conditions causing harm. Their own histories and lived experiences may also shape how they respond to what they witness. This session will introduce the Witnessing Model as a way to understand the causes of provider distress, recognize signs of stress and overwhelm, and identify practical ways to stay grounded, compassionate, and connected to reasonable hope in the current context of care.