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...
The Year of Mercy
Anna Vogt is the Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This post was originally published on her personal blog.
There is a family story sketched inside my head. Details have blurred and faded over the year...
Creating ecumenical ties through food sovereignty
Lindsey Frye serves with MCC in Mexico as ecumenism promoter for INESIN, an MCC partner. This article was orginally published on the Fall 2016 issue of Intersections. The full issue can be found on MCC’s websit...
Parenting and Pain
Christopher Fretz works with MCC Mexico in San Cristobal. This article was originally published on his personal blog.
Today is October 2. As a parent, this date will always remind me of the beauty and pain ...
Borderland Emotions
Anna Vogt is the Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This post was originally published on her personal blog.
The Mexican border is a line between
Faith and the shackled dream.
-Ray Gonzalez
It was ...
Cafe Justo: Coffee and Migration
Erica VanEssendelft is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC Mexico. This post is part of our ongoing series on migration.
“It’s a business with a very, very strong social conscience. It’s the basis o...
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
I read Seth M. Holmes’ Fresh Fruit; Broken Bodies, on a beach. There is still sand between the pages and that feeling of grit on an otherwise smooth surface sums the book up well. It is an uncomfortable read, a...
Mango Chutney with a Side of Radical Kindness
Anna Vogt is the MCC LACA Context Analyst and Advocacy Support worker. This post is part of our ongoing series on migration and was originally published on Anna's personal blog.
I could hardly eat lunch as ...
Seeking Refugee in Mexico City
Casa de los Amigos is a Quaker guesthouse and MCC partner, located in the heart of Mexico City. Through its programs, community space, and social and cultural activities, the Casa promotes peace with justice, f...
Advocacy Encounter: Guatemala 2016
Anna Vogt is the MCC LACA Policy Analyst and Advocacy Support.
“A world of peace, a people with dignity, equality and equity with rights. Ancestral communities in resistance, full of hope. Strength lies in a...