The Privilege of Being Uncomfortable
Once a year, I spend a day travelling by jeep through the Montes de Maria.
I hate it.
I love the communities that we visit, the conversations and meetings, the spaces of reflection afterwards, the green b...
Adiós Guerra (A Special Weekly Round-Up)
Anna Vogt is the regional advocacy and context analyst. This article was originally posted on her personal blog.
My walk to work this morning was normal. I passed the same dog walkers and shoeshine man as ...
Stories and Labels
The author, far right, stands beside Betty. Betty lives with Angel, on the left, who is from Barcelona. The Cat was purchased by the City of Barcelona from another Colombian who migrated to Europe years ago, F...
Advocacy Encounter: Guatemala 2016
Anna Vogt is the MCC LACA Policy Analyst and Advocacy Support.
“A world of peace, a people with dignity, equality and equity with rights. Ancestral communities in resistance, full of hope. Strength lies in a...
The Courage of Bread
Anna Vogt is the MCC LACA Policy Analyst and Advocacy Support. This post was originally published on Anna’s personal blog.
This has been a week of hope and despair. On Wednesday, the ELN and the governme...
Weekly Roundup, March 11: Special Edition Environmental Defenders
The death of Berta Cáceres last Thursday continues to reverberate throughout Latin America. The award winning Honduran Indigenous and environmental activist was shot and killed and the only witness, Gustavo Cas...
Pieces of Paper
Anna Vogt is the MCC LACA Policy Analyst and Advocacy Support. This post was originally published on Anna’s personal blog.
I can’t stop thinking about a story Larisa told me at the end of Novem...
The Mountains are on Fire
Anna Vogt is the MCC LACA Advocacy and Policy Analyst. This post was originally published on Anna’s personal blog.
One of my first memories from my orientation time in Bogota involved walking towards the...
Churches Connect Across Borders to Accompany Refugees
David Sulewski and Tibrine da Fonesca work with MCC in Quito, Ecuador, coordinating the Refugee Project, a ministry of the Mennonite Church in Quito to refugees, the majority of whom are fleeing from the armed ...
The Butterflies of Buenaventura: Peacebuilding amidst Conflict and Displacement in Colombia and Ecuador
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 a...