In October of 2022, I stood at the border between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, and watched as small groups of individuals scrambled down, and then up, the banks of the Rio Grande. They came every...
1: RETURN
I came back to Haiti just as it seemed like everyone was leaving. The arrivals section of the airport, normally packed shoulder-to-shoulder with people awaiting their loved ones, was almost desert...
This story is the second of two parts. Read the first story here.
In 2018, I joined MCC’s then-Nicaragua and Costa Rica team as Connecting Peoples Coordinator (CPC). That year, MCC Honduras and MCC Guatemal...
Migration is complicated and stories of migration, like their protagonists, are unique. What they have in common is the combination of resilience and the human desire to survive. In the countries of the Centra...
This post was originally published on Sojourners.
Katie Ulrich is currently serving as a SALTer in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, working as a Research and Communications Fellow with the Association for a More Just ...
From the Evangelical Mennonite Church of Honduras
Migration is not something new. It is a human condition derived from of diverse circumstances. As Christians, we have the Biblical example of Abraham, Jaco...
Derrick Charles is the co-representative for MCC Nicaragua and Costa Rica. This post was first published on his personal blog.
In the evenings while the kids lay down to fall asleep, I've gotten into the ro...
Tiyana Jovanovic took part in the recent MCC UN student seminar on migration. Participants were given the opportunity to submit essays to the blog based on the seminar topic and Tiyana's essay was selected as t...
Kathrine Garrison is the Program and Advocacy Associate at MCC’s UN Office in New York. Her work at the MCC UN Office centers on migration, food security, and the region of Latin America and the Caribbean. This...
Sara Ritchie-Helmuth is the Connecting People Coordinator with MCC Guatemala.
The U.S. has historically honored and respected those who have journeyed to new lands—notable figures such as Christopher Columb...