Mexico – Page 8

Mexican Mennonite Churches Call for Peace

June 14, 2012

In May, the 13 churches in the Mexico City area that are part of the Evangelical Anabaptist Mennonite Church Conference (CIEAMM) issued a letter expressing their support of the Movement for Peace with Justice a...

Immigration from another side of the border wall

June 5, 2012

Mexico, Migration

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 ...

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...

Migration Checkpoint

December 3, 2011

Country Programs, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Migration, Nicaragua

Miriam Harder has recently begun an MCC service assignment working in conservation agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico, and in Central America. In this blog, she recounts an encounter with the realities of immigrati...

Love your Enemies in Six Movements

November 28, 2011

Country Programs, Mexico, Urban Peacebuilding

This is a devotional that Marion Meyer shared at a gathering of MCC Connecting Peoples Coordinators in Honduras, September, 2011. Marion and her husband, Ricardo Torres, are the Country Representatives for MC...

Caravan of Central American Mothers search for missing Migrants in Mexico

November 11, 2011

Country Programs, Mexico, Migration

The Casa de los Amigos, the Quaker house in Mexico City, is an MCC partner, and they recently hosted a very moving visit of Central American mothers searching for their children who have disappeared in Mexico w...

The Food We Share

Lluvia Esperada: Más Allá del Agua, Una Reflexión Sobre Incendios y Esperanza

5-Part Series: International Day of Peace and Nonviolence (part 5)

5-Part Series: International Day of Peace and Nonviolence (part 4)