Marching to remember Jose Antonio
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
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...
Reflections on Colombia: the wounds of displacement
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...
Advocacy Intersections
The latest issue of Intersections: MCC Theory and Practice Quarterly is fully devoted to discussing advocacy. Nine different writers explore the nuances and dilemmas of advocacy within their context as MCC work...
Days of Prayer and Action in Colombia
Photo by Cellia Vasquez
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 poste...
¡Adelante! Peace with Justice for ALL Colombians
By Rebekah Sears, Policy Educator and Advocacy Worker for MCC Colombia.
It is that time of year again: Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia (DOPA). From April 4-7 churches, organizations, communities and ind...
Costa a Costa: Transformemos Honduras
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Cada año la organización Transformemos Honduras tiene un evento que se llama Costa a Costa, donde alrededor de 100 ciclistas viajan más de 700kms de la Ceiba hasta San Lorenzo, Valle por...
Violence and a bag of chips
By Elizabeth Scambler, MCC Disaster Management Coordinator, Mesoamerica & Caribbean
Since before I moved to Honduras almost 2 years ago, I had heard about conflicts in the Bajo Aguan, a fertile region in t...
Violence and a bag of chips
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Violence and a bag of chips
written by Elizabeth Scambler, MCC Disaster Management Coordinator, Mesoamerica & Caribbean
Since before I moved to Honduras almost 2...
Constructing peace across a violent border
Photo credit: Chris Hershberger-Esh
By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City.
Fifty tired-looking migrants, mostly men, formed a ci...