Country Programs – Page 40

Immigration from another side of the border wall

June 5, 2012

Kelly, a MCC SALT participant, is working with a MCC partner organization, Instituto de Estudios e Investigación Intercultural (INESIN) in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. She completes her term in ...

A Thread of Peace in Medellín

May 31, 2012

Colombia, Urban Peacebuilding

This post is from Jessica Sarriot, a two-year Seed worker, with MCC in Medellín Colombia. A City Known for Food, Flowers, and Drug Cartels Medellín, a bowl-shaped city known for its overabundant “Bandeja Pai...

Colombia: Human Rights and a Car Bomb

May 17, 2012

Colombia

By Adrienne Wiebe On Tuesday this week (May 15) a car bomb exploded in Bogota and the Canadian government released its first report on the Human Rights impact of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA)....

More than Zapatistas

April 25, 2012

Country Programs, Mexico, Rural Justice

A reflection by Miriam Harder, an MCC Service Worker in San Cristobal, Chiapas, originally posted on her blog http://mtharder.wordpress.com/ Mexicans woke after their New Year’s celebrations on January 1, 199...

The “War on Drugs” and Peacebuilding: What’s the connection?

April 19, 2012

Colombia, Country Programs, Mexico, Urban Peacebuilding

Leaders of the Americas met in Colombia recently – no, not the recent meeting of the MCC Latin America Country Representatives in Colombia – I’m referring to the Summit of the Americas, April 14-15 2012. This...

For the sake of humanity: The Need for Immigration Reform

April 10, 2012

Country Programs, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Migration

Tammy Alexander, Legislative Associate for Domestic Affairs, MCC Washington D.C. Office reflects on the individuals and families behind the policy debates in the USA. This post originally appeared in http://pea...

Crosses: Semana Santa in Latin America

April 5, 2012

Country Programs, Mexico

It's Semana Santa (Holy Week) and there are more than the usual number of crosses in Latin America. Crosses are not my favorite religious symbol - they represent a complicated history and varied theologies. B...

On the Move: Mariposas and Migrants

March 21, 2012

Country Programs, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Migration

In Fall each year about 100 million migrants travel from the Great Lakes area of Canada and the United States to central Mexico. Yes, you read that correctly – 100 MILLION migrants…. It is about a 3000-kilomet...

A message to my fellow gringos…

March 15, 2012

Country Programs, Honduras, Rural Justice

Charissa Zehr, an MCC service worker in Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras, shares her thoughts on a book written over 20 years ago, and wonders if anything has changed for the rural people of Honduras since then. "...

Reverence for the Sacred Land: Part 2 – A Third Option?

February 26, 2012

Country Programs, Guatemala, Urban Peacebuilding

This is the second part of Tobias Roberts' article about responses to urban violence in Central America. Tobias is an MCC Service worker in Nebaj, Guatemala. The full article was originally published in http:/...

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