Disarmament and the Avocado
Anna Vogt is the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This reflection was originally published on Anna's personal blog.
The mood in the Bogota plaza was more sombre than excited...
Climate Change, Food Security and Livelihoods: Lessons from Haiti to Colombia
Brendah Ndagire is from Uganda, East Africa. She currently serves as part of the MCC Colombia Seed program, working in Choco. This blog is part of our series on food security and climate change.
In February...
Welcome as a Prelude to Peace in Colombia
Alix Lozano is a Colombian Pastor and Theologian and the Co-founder of the Ecumenical
Women’s Group of Peace-Builders (GemPaz). This reflection is taken from the Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia worship...
Being a Peacemaker in Colombia
Carolina Santana is from São Paulo, Brazil and is currently serving with the Seed program in Colombia. This post was originally published on the Seed blog.
February 26th marks one year since I arrived in C...
A Whole Other Colombia
Anna Vogt is the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This post was originally published on Anna's personal blog.
My post-accord Bogota feels about the same as pre-peace accord...
Reading Jorge Montes and Louise Penny in Villa de Leyva
Anna Vogt is the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst for Mennonite Central Committee.
March 11 was the 17th anniversary of Mampujan’s displacement and the massacre in Las Brisas...
How Change Happens
Anna Vogt is the regional context analyst and advocacy support.
When I started working with MCC, I was excited about the possibilities of social justice. Together, as local communities and international ...
Variations on a Vocabulary
Anna Vogt is the Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This post was originally published on her personal blog.
There are still moments, as I pass families and small groups of friends in the park, that I c...
Peer Mediation for Peace
Chantelle Garber works and lives in Cali, Colombia, serving with MCC partner Edupaz.
The realities that students live and face in their communities and at home often carry over to their experiences at school...
There are no barriers in God
Ayda Maria Villalobos is 21 years old, from La Mesa, Cundinamarca, Colombia, currently serving with IVEP at Artisan's Hope in Harrisonburg, VA. This is copy of the testimony she recently shared at MCC ...