A hub for learning, innovation, and best practice in fields related to migration and health
The Center for Immigrant, Refugee and Global Health (CIRGH) is an interdisciplinary effort of the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. Its mission is to advance scholarship, practice and understanding of the health and related challenges faced by immigrants and refugees at local, national and global levels.
We invite you to visit the New York State Immigrant Provider Action (IMPACT) Center, now live on the CIRGH website!
We invite you to explore the New York State IMPACT Center, which aims to assist both providers and immigrants with coordinating health and social services as they resettle across New York. The IMPACT Center hosts a service provider map with over 1,180 organizational locations across the state. The Center also provides a space for information exchange, hosting a community resource library with open-access publications, datasets, policies, and toolkits relevant to immigrant-focused service providers.
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The Principles of Cultural Humility & Responsiveness for Migrant Service Providers
Cultural humility is a stance—a way of being in the world and in relationships that encourages, supports, and facilitates the transformational possibilities of others. It is a lifelong process of self-reflection and self-critique. A practitioner of cultural humility is committed to understanding and respecting different points of view, and to engaging with others humbly, authentically, and from a place of learning. Join Dr. Veronica Keiffer-Lewis (she/her) for this training, where she will introduce participants to the core philosophy of cultural humility and how it relates to our work, the four core principles, as well as the founders and historical roots. The event will be hosted in English with a live Spanish interpretation channel.
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About Us

Located in the heart of Harlem, the Center focuses on practical approaches to reduce health inequities in immigrant and refugee communities, both domestically and around the world. We aim to provide a scholarly basis for the development of healthy urban centers, equitable access to health services, and a deeper understanding of the linkages between migrant health and health disparities. 

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View the Migration Data Portal Webinar Series from the International Organization for Migration

The Global Migration Media Academy and the Global Migration Data Portal teams are joining forces to support journalists, media content creators, academics and other migration experts to improve their skills in consulting, analyzing and disseminating the latest migration statistics. Following completion of the webinar series, migration experts can take a quiz for a certificate of completion.

 

Participants can expect to learn to:

  • Search and compare data in the international data dashboard

  • Get 360-degree insights from migration data on topics and issues via thematic and spotlight pages

  • Search statistics in the national data section

  • Get the latest expert insights on the Portal Blog

  • Navigate critical aspects of migration data, including but not limited to sources, data types, definitions, data gaps and challenges, and data platforms

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20th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference

Monday, September 18, 2023

Georgetown University main campus / Online

9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. ET

 

Registration is now open for the 20th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, organized by the Migration Policy Institute, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and Georgetown University Law Center.

The conference will feature fresh, thoughtful policy and legal analysis, and discussion of some of the top immigration issues by leading government officials, attorneys, policymakers, researchers, advocates, and other experts. Get up to speed with MPI’s fast-paced State of Play panel that ranges across the current and emerging policy and political landscape. Learn more about developments in the legal representation space and the emerging state-on-state and state-on-city tensions over immigration. And get the latest on quick-changing asylum and broader policy changes at the U.S.-Mexico border. And much more.

Registration is $30 for online attendees and $85 for in-person attendees (lunch included).

More information on the agenda, and speakers to follow soon.

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Culturally Driven Strategies: Tailoring Health Communications to Build Understanding and Trust

Communicating with diverse groups and populations in public health has never been more timely or critical. For public health communicators to meaningfully engage with their communities, developing culturally driven strategies can help to understand, engage, and communicate with people across various cultures and backgrounds. In this webinar, public health communicators will learn:

  • The foundational principles of culturally driven communications
  • The differences between cultural competency, cultural humility, and cultural sensitivity
  • Actionable strategies and techniques to effectively communicate across cultures, build trust, and help advance health outcomes for all

Join the National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants on September 21, 2023 01:00 PM Eastern Time.

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