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Working for peace in the midst of violence

August 13, 2015
Advocacy, General, Honduras, Peace and Non-Violence
Republished from A Common Place, Summer 2015 June 26, 2015 - Emily Loewen Photographs by Nina Linton Members of Vida en Abundancia, an Evangelical Mennonite Church in Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, ...
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A flurry of support for peace

August 12, 2015
Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence
Charissa Zehr is the legislative associate for international affairs at the MCC Washington office. This article was originally posted on the Washington Memo.  You know how it goes when you are getting ready to...
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Are Haiti’s tent cities being forgotten?

August 11, 2015
Advocacy, Haiti, Peace and Non-Violence
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Mennonite Central Committee Haiti is part of the Coordination Committee of NGOs - Haiti (CCO), a consortium of NGOs operating in the sectors of humanitarian aid and development in Haiti. This piece was written ...

The Harsh Law V. Christ: Haitan Criminal Justice Up-Close

August 4, 2015
Advocacy, Haiti, Peace and Non-Violence
Inside the court room Ted Oswald, together with his wife Katharine Oswald, works with MCC Haiti as the Policy Analyst & Advocacy Coordinator. This post was originally published on Ted and Katharine's pe...
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It’s just coffee and flowers…

July 30, 2015
Advocacy, Guatemala, Mexico, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice
Thomas Coldwell  is currently volunteering with MCC Ottawa and interning as Associate Pastor with the Village International Mennonite Church. In fall, he will join MCC Alberta as Peace and Community Engagement ...
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Peace is not achieved by saying “We want peace,” but by working for it

July 8, 2015
Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice
Amy Eanes lives and works in Istmina, Choco as part of the MCC Seed program. This blog was first posted on the Seed Blog.  Peace building in the context of the armed conflict, government neglect, and poverty...

The Butterflies of Buenaventura (Part 4): No Peace Without Women

June 30, 2015
Advocacy, Colombia, Migration, Peace and Non-Violence
Photo by Natalio Pino Photo by Natalio Pino David Sulewski, together with his wife Tibrine da Fonesca, works with MCC in Quito, Ecuador, coordinating the Refugee Project, a ministry of the Mennonite ...

Press Release: UN Panel Says Peacekeeper Immunity Cannot Equal Impunity- Yet Report Fails to Address Haiti Cholera

June 25, 2015
Advocacy, Haiti, Peace and Non-Violence
Nepalese troops arrive to provide security for a food distribution at a police station. Port Au Prince, Haiti. Photo by Ben Depp.1/20/2010. UN Panel Says Peacekeeper Immunity Cannot Equal Impunity Repor...

The Butterflies of Buenaventura (Part 3): A Rising Tide of Tremendous Troublemakers

June 22, 2015
Advocacy, Colombia, Migration, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice
David Sulewski, together with his wife Tibrine da Fonesca, works with MCC in Quito, Ecuador, coordinating the Refugee Project, a ministry of the Mennonite Church in Quito to refugees, the majority of whom are f...

Weekly Round-up: June 19, Special Focus on Haiti

June 19, 2015
Haiti, Weekly Roundup
The Dominican Republic (D.R.) is poised to begin the controversial deportation of hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrant workers and, potentially, Dominicans of Haitian descent who have been stripped of their...
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