Fooling The Sun, Not Fooling The Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lvqy0QDtVk&feature=youtu.be
On Monday, November 24, the MCC U.S. Washington Office hosted a conference entitled “Fooling the Sun, Not Fooling the Rain: Housing and Shelter ...
Peace is Possible, but it is a Choice
Kevin and Cassie Zonnefeld are MCCers serving in Nicaragua, as Culture of Peace Educators. In their Conflict Transformation course, they asked students to interview someone who was involved in the revolution of...
SPU to Ayoztinapa: Fitting in where I Don’t Belong
A personal reflection on the disapperance of the 43 Mexican students by Katie Geluso, a Salter currently serving in Mexico City. This post was adapted from her personal blog.
In late September, the mayor of I...
Haiti doesn’t need another occupation
The name Haiti conjures images of earthquake damage, people struggling to survive or memories of a service trip to help build houses or bring medical care. Most do not associate it with military occupation.
Ha...
Mass and peaceful march in remembrance of José Antonio’s death and demand for justice
By Sandra Kienitz, the Northern Program Coordinator for MCC Mexico
All photos by Sandra Kienitz, MCC Mexico
Two years after his death, José Antonio Elena Rodriguez's life was celebrated with a mass at the Pa...
Exchange participants jump into their assigments!
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Hoping against hope: Peace Day
Jhonatan, a conscientious objector in Colombia, was released from jail this week. Photo credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams Colombia.
By Anna Vogt, a service worker in MCC Colombia currently working with Justa...
Drought, food security and migration in Central America
By Elizabeth Scambler, MCC Latin America's Disaster Management Coordinator, based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Central America is seeing one of the worst droughts in decades. Images in the media are filled with ...
MCC responds to child migrant crisis
In Guatemala, MCC is providing comforters, blankets, hygiene kits and funding to a home run by Missionaries of Saint Charles Scalabrinians, which provides temporary shelter to migrants such as Nanci Adair Gali...
Action Alert: Conscientious Objector Detained in Colombia
From Justapaz, partner of MCC Colombia:
(Para leer en español)
On behalf of Colombian conscientious objector Jhonatan Vargas, student and youth leader of the Central Four Square Church of Barrancabermeja, Santa...