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Cuba: A case study on sanctions

October 11, 2023
Action Alerts, Advocacy
After 61 years of an embargo preventing trade between the U.S. and Cuba, one might hope for evidence that U.S. sanctions improved the lives of ordina...

A Call for Hope and Continued Peacebuilding from Colombia

July 20, 2018
Action Alerts, Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence
“In this biblical spirit and in solidarity with peacebuilders in Colombia, we write to let the public know that on Saturday, July 14, 2018, we learned...

A Transformative Agenda on Migration

November 28, 2017
Action Alerts, Advocacy, Migration
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 secur...

Waiting for Everything

July 12, 2017
Action Alerts, Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence
Anna Vogt is the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This reflection was originally published on Anna’s personal blog. ...

Corruption in Honduras’ Police Force and the Promise of Reform

June 27, 2016
Action Alerts, Advocacy, Country Programs, Honduras, Peace and Non-Violence
Katerina Parsons currently serves as a SALTer doing research and communications with the Asociación para una Sociedad mas Justa (ASJ), an MCC partner ...

South to South: Stories of Haitian Youth Migrating from the Dominican Republic

June 13, 2016
Action Alerts, Advocacy, Haiti, Migration
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by Ted and Katharine Oswald Haiti and the Dominican Republic (D.R.) are neighboring countries, sharing the island of Hispaniola. Haitians have hist...

ELECTIONS: AN OCCASION FOR PRAYER FOR HAITI

August 20, 2015
Action Alerts, Haiti
Katharine Oswald, together with her husband Ted Oswald, works with MCC Haiti as the Policy Analyst & Advocacy Coordinator. This post was originall...
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The Body of Christ

May 13, 2015
Action Alerts, Advocacy, Mexico
Katie Geluso, is a Salter currently serving in Mexico City. This post was adapted from her personal blog.  Burundi’s president wants to run for an ...
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Action Alert: Mass Deportation in the Dominican Republic

January 30, 2015
Action Alerts, Haiti, Migration
Amnesty International released this Urgent Action on 29 January concerning a mass deportation in the Dominican Republic. "On 27 January, 51 people, i...
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Action Alert: Conscientious Objector Detained in Colombia

September 9, 2014
Action Alerts, Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence
From Justapaz, partner of MCC Colombia: (Para leer en español) On behalf of Colombian conscientious objector Jhonatan Vargas, student and youth leader...
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