Events & WCM Community

WCCHR Soiree, ft. Movement Migration

October 25, 2025 - 6:30pm

Join the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights for our annual soiree!

For the 15th anniversary of WCCHR, we are excited to host Movement Migration, a modern dance company led by founder and professor Kim Jones. With dancers from all over the world, Movement Migration celebrates the migration experience.

Details for the event:

Location: Theater at St. Jean

150 E 76th St, New York, NY 10021

Program:

6:30-8:00 PM: Cocktail hour and welcome by WCCHR board

8:00-9:30 PM: Movement Migration performance

WCCHR Summit

October 11, 2025 - 8:00am

Join the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights for our New York Asylum Clinic Summit! Details on registration to come.

WCCHR Fall Training 2025

September 6, 2025 - 8:00am

Fall 2025 Training

WCCHR's Fall Training is set to take place on Saturday, September 6th from 8 am - 3 pm at 1300 York.

Please register for the training here: https://forms.gle/WCVW2C5mWiKW7z4A6

Note: We will be offering in-person training to those located on WCM's campus and in NYC. We prefer that volunteers attend in-person if possible as this promotes easier discussion, and lunch will be provided. For those located outside NYC, we will offer a Zoom option for the same training. If you are unable to make either, please email wcchr@med.cornell.edu and we will send a separate asynchronous training.

WCM students are also invited to attend this training. If you are a WCM student and unable to attend the in-person training, please email wcchr@med.cornell.edu

If interested in our Case Management arm, please also sign up on this form: https://forms.gle/XjHyGM8nwSAeL6866

Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights Training

September 6, 2025 - 8:00am

The Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights provides pro bono physical, gynecological, and mental health forensic medical evaluations for asylum seekers. Our organization is comprised of volunteer clinicians and medical/PA students. WCCHR's Fall Training is set to take place on Saturday, September 6th from 8 am - 3:30 pm at 1300 York. We invite all interested physicians, psychologists, PAs, LCSWs and NPs to join us. Please register for the training here: https://forms.gle/WCVW2C5mWiKW7z4A6 Note: We will be offering in-person training to those located on WCM's campus and in NYC. We prefer that volunteers attend in-person if possible as this promotes easier discussion, and lunch will be provided. For those located outside NYC, we will offer a Zoom option for the same training. If you are unable to make either, please email wcchr@med.cornell.edu and we will send a separate asynchronous training. WCM students are also invited to attend this training. If you are a WCM student and unable to attend the in-person training, please email wcchr@med.cornell.edu Learn more about us at humanrights.weill.cornell.edu

Weill Auditorium

Event Details

WCCHR Speaker Series: LGBTQ+ Health and Immigration Law Today

June 10, 2025 - 6:00pm

Please join WCM's Clinic for Human Rights, Qlinic, and Queer Health Alliance on a discussion regarding LGBTQ+ health as it pertains to immigration law today. This conversation will be led by Nicholas O'Farrell, staff attorney at New York Legal Assistance Group's LGBTQ+ team. The team has served 770 LGBTQ+ clients on legal issues ranging from name changes to representing immigrants in applications for asylum. Nicholas will be using his expertise to bring us up to date on current challenges faced by LGBTQ+ clients today as well as how we can be better clinicians for them. The location will be on WCM's campus at 1300 York Ave. The exact location details will be sent later to those who RSVP. We will also have a Zoom option for those who cannot make it in person.

Note: Date has been changed to Tuesday, June 10th at 6 pm in LC 209/210!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRfJiGm-P7zzbrUNc23QLwMgRxTVF4...

May Speaker Series Flyer

WCCHR Events

WCCHR Pods

WCCHR Pods is a monthly discussion group discussing cases. WCCHR Pods session has ~5 clinician evaluators with ~10-15 students to learn about human rights advocacy, build skills for conducting forensic medical evaluations, and foster mentorship and community. We meet on the first Thursday of the month from 6-7 pm throughout the year. Please email wcchr@med.cornell.edu if you would like to be added to the listserv.

WCCHR Speaker Series

WCCHR Speaker Series are our monthly speaker events. In the past, we have invited speakers to discuss ethics in human rights and reproductive justice.

WCCHR Training

We hold Spring and Fall training sessions, once a semester, to train new evaluators and student volunteers.

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