“Lord, the people are crying … “
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Lars Ackerson is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC-Honduras.
March 7, 2019
Buenos dias! I’m Lars Akerson (pictured right), the Connecting P...
Volcanoes, Displacement, and Guatemalan History
Jack Lesniewski is the co-representative for MCC Guatemala-El Salvador.
It’s been almost three weeks since Volcan del Fuego erupted in Guatemala. It was supposed to be a lazy Sunday afternoon and returning...
A Christmas Story among the Displaced
Quinn Brenneke is a SALTer working with MCC Mexico partner Voces Mesoamericanas.
Mateo Lopez Ramirez's* parents didn’t have a choice. When they heard that they would be forced out of their home by soldiers,...
Our Father of Migrants
Dan Gonzalez, Director of the Theological Community of Mexico. This prayer was shared during an encounter of Anabaptist leaders in March 2017. The encounter, facilitated by MCC, focused on themes of migration,...
How Change Happens
Anna Vogt is the regional context analyst and advocacy support.
When I started working with MCC, I was excited about the possibilities of social justice. Together, as local communities and international ...
Thinking Collectively: The Ixil University and Education for Liberation
Nancy Sabas is the former MCC Guatemala Connecting Peoples Coordinator. She currently works in Colombia.
A few weeks ago, I visited the Ixil region of Guatemala’s northern alitiplano, during my last learnin...
The (not so) Good Life in Guatemala
Nancy Sabas is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator in Guatemala.
The Connecting Peoples program of MCC Guatemala and El Salvador hosted a group of students this May from the University of Avila in Kansas Cit...
“When he woke up, the monster was still there”
Nancy Sabas is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC Guatemala/El Salvador. She is from Honduras.
“When he woke up, the monster was still there”: The conflict of Banana and Oil palm companies in La Blan...
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...
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...