Country Programs – Page 28

Strategic politics in Colombia: today the real work begins

June 17, 2014

Advocacy, Colombia, Mining Justice, Rural Justice

By Rebekah Sears, Policy Educator and Advocacy Worker for MCC Colombia. The Colombian Presidential race of 2014 was one of the closest in recent history. In last night’s run-off vote, incumbent Juan Manuel S...

Acciones Justas = Buenas Relaciones

June 12, 2014

Advocacy, Honduras, MCC, Peace and Non-Violence

Just Actions = Good Relationships Acciones justas que nos llevan por buenas relaciones Después de hacer un devocional individual que nos inspirara a realizar acciones justas, cada integrante del equipo del CCM...

Colombian election excitement

June 12, 2014

Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence

By Anna Vogt, a service worker in MCC Colombia currently working with Justapaz, a Mennonite organization working for justice, peace and non-violent action in Colombia. Originally posted at: thellamadiaries.word...

Funky Friday: Lluvia de peces! It’s Raining Fish!

May 23, 2014

Funky Friday, Honduras, Just for fun!

FELIZ VIERNES! Happy Friday! Cada viernes, estaremos posteando algo que sobresale de la sociedad y la cultura hondureña. Para hoy, compartimos un artículo con ustedes sobre la famosa Lluvia de Peces! Every Fr...

Healing art for a wounded Perquin

May 16, 2014

Advocacy, El Salvador, Guatemala

By: Nancy SabasLocal women showing their weaving project ¨Women in the bible¨The department of Morazán in the Northeast side of El Salvador hides in it a small and picturesque town: Perquin. It is certainly a v...

Gun laws in the United States affect Mexico too

May 14, 2014

Advocacy, Mexico, Peace and Non-Violence

By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. Last October a police officer performing a traffic stop in Kingsville, Texas found 35 AK-47 rifles and...

Marching to remember Jose Antonio

May 7, 2014

Advocacy, Mexico, Migration, Peace and Non-Violence

On October 10, 2012, José Antonio was hit by at least seven bullets coming from Border Patrol agents on the U.S. side of the metal fence that divides Nogales. He was killed instantly. The Border Patrol claimed ...

Learning Tour Puerto Rico-Honduras

April 29, 2014

Advocacy, Connecting, Honduras

En Semana Santa, un grupo de cuatro jóvenes adultos de las iglesias menonitas en Puerto Rico vinieron a visitar Honduras en una gira de aprendizaje. Nadia nos compartió algunas de sus reflexiones sobre la visit...

Funky Friday: Arte catracho! con Miriam Sabas

April 25, 2014

Funky Friday, Honduras

Cada viernes, estaremos posteando algo que sobresale de la sociedad y la cultura hondureña. Este viernes, queremos celebrar el arte hondureño. Every Friday, we will be posting about something that stands out i...

Reflections on Colombia: the wounds of displacement

April 21, 2014

Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice

Photo by Walter Thiessen By Walter Thiessen, MCC Canada board member and professor at St. Stevens University in New Brunswick, Canada. He wrote this reflection after participating in an MCC Colomb...

The Food We Share

Las piedras claman – Peace Camp, Akron | 10 al 15 de marzo

Stones Cry Out: Reflecting on Peace Camp, Akron | March 10-15

Earth Day 2025: Cultivating and consolidating peace in Colombia