SEED – MCC LACA

Noemy Portillo Condori: Dedication, Discipline, Commitment, and Perseverance

March 7, 2023

The Interdisciplinary Integral Development Program (PRODII) commemorates Women's Day as a day in which the spaces of intervention where women have a voice continue to increase. Women full of tenacity and s...

Maya Textiles: The Books They Couldn’t Burn

June 3, 2021

Advocacy, Guatemala, SEED

Ignorance is a blessing. I really mean that. Ignorance allows us to visit places like the Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Textiles and Clothing and leave marveling at the beauty of the huipiles, cortes, and other ...

I am Black

November 12, 2020

Advocacy, SEED

I think black. i think African. and i exhale. and i want to tell you of how exhausting it is. not to be black. that, i have no issues with. it is that I have to constantly remind you that I t...

Yes, Racism is Alive in Colombia

October 2, 2020

Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence, SEED

This article is part of a series about racism in Colombia. Read more. “I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.” James Baldwin Of course, racism is very much alive in Colombia. To know o...

For What Was, For What Is To Come

September 21, 2020

Advocacy, Colombia, SEED

I believe that one of the most challenging things in life is to understand the meaning of our existence and therefore, the things we do about it. Thinking about how everything could be different as the&nb...

Let’s Talk About the Elephant in the Room

July 16, 2020

Advocacy, Colombia, SEED

This article is part of a series about racism in Colombia. Read more. Racism has existed all over the world for hundreds of years, and while it may not always be expressed the same way, one common factor ac...

Lessons in Care and Resilience, from Our Homes to Yours

May 8, 2020

Advocacy, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Partner Organization, SALT/YAMEN/IVEP, SEED, World

Home. What is the meaning of home? The planet earth is our home. As long as we live on this earth, we can surely call anywhere home because home is not about being all easy, relaxed and comfortable. Home is an...

Do this in memory of me

April 17, 2020

Advocacy, SEED

What does it mean to be invited to Jesus’s table? There’s no right or wrong answer, so I’d like to share some of my thoughts about it. To start with, we could describe eating as an affirmation, both because ...

Faith, and meanwhile, … coffee!

April 8, 2019

Advocacy, Colombia, Country Programs, SEED

This post was originally published here. John Fredy Chocue Parra works with MCC SEED—Colombia. “...that is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his...

Stop running and learn to walk: Chocó, Colombia

January 10, 2019

Advocacy, Colombia, SEED

Francisca Pacheco Alvarado, from Valparaíso, Chile, is working with MCC-SEED in Istmina, Chocó, Colombia, accompanying the new community in peace building. It occurs to me that you will become different...

The Food We Share

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

Migration and misinformation

Moving Forward in the Midst of Sorrow

Noemy Portillo Condori: Dedication, Discipline, Commitment, and Perseverance

Maya Textiles: The Books They Couldn’t Burn

I am Black

Yes, Racism is Alive in Colombia

For What Was, For What Is To Come

Let’s Talk About the Elephant in the Room

Lessons in Care and Resilience, from Our Homes to Yours

Do this in memory of me

Faith, and meanwhile, … coffee!

Stop running and learn to walk: Chocó, Colombia

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

A Call for Hope and Continued Peacebuilding from Colombia

A Transformative Agenda on Migration