Mexico – Page 8

Peace Caravan visits Maricopa Jail, Arizona

August 20, 2012

Country Programs, Mexico, Migration, Uncategorized, Urban Peacebuilding

The Mexican Caravan for Peace currently crossing the US, visited the infamous Maricopa Jail, Arizona, on Saturday. Jael De la Luz Garcia, a participant from the Mexican Churches for Peace, provides an update a...

Mexican Peace Caravan begins to cross USA

August 14, 2012

Mexico, Migration, Urban Peacebuilding

The Caravan crosses the border at Tijuana By Deyssy Jael de la Luz García This is our first report from Jael, on the Caravan for Peace. Jael is a representative of Churches for Peace , and the Ecumenical Stu...

Mexican Mennonite Churches Call for Peace

June 14, 2012

Mexico, Urban Peacebuilding

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...

The Food We Share

Voices of Change Sowing Hope in Latin America: Three Women Weaving Dignified Futures

Voces de Cambio Sembrando Semillas de Esperanza en Latinoamérica: Tres Mujeres Tejiendo Futuros Dignos

“Imagino un mundo … donde mujeres y [niñas] podamos caminar en las calles, trabajar, y convivir … sin miedo” (part 3)