More than Zapatistas
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?
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
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
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
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...
A message to my fellow gringos…
Charissa Zehr, an MCC service worker in Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras, shares her thoughts on a book written over 20 years ago, and wonders if anything has changed for the rural people of Honduras since then. "...
Reverence for the Sacred Land: Part 2 – A Third Option?
This is the second part of Tobias Roberts' article about responses to urban violence in Central America. Tobias is an MCC Service worker in Nebaj, Guatemala. The full article was originally published in http:/...
Reverence for the Sacred Land: Part 1 – Inadequate responses to endemic violence in Central America
In Part 1 of this post, MCCer Tobias Roberts, in Nebaj, Guatemala, explores his contrasting experiences with urban life in Central America, and the inadequacies of the dominant responses to daily violence. In P...
Blessed are those who mourn: Thoughts from Honduras
Charissa Zehr, an MCC worker in Santa Rosa, Honduras, contemplates violence, mourning, and faith in this post from her blog on January 27, 2012 http://findinglempira.blogspot.com
Blessed are those who mourn,...
PAZ in contexts of violence
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, location of the MCC Retreat January 2012
Adriana Koehn is the Connecting Peoples Program Coordinator in MCC Guatemala. This article was posted on January 24 on their program website ...