Urban Peacebuilding – Page 3

The Peace Caravan visits the School of the Americas, Georgia

September 3, 2012

Country Programs, Mexico, Migration, Uncategorized, Urban Peacebuilding

Deyssy Jael de la Luz García, Centro de Estudios Ecuménicos/Iglesias por la Paz. The Caravan for Peace crossed Arizona and Texas, and is now in Georgia. Along the route they have been received by churches and ...

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...

Mampuján: Forging a path to peace in Colombia

June 25, 2012

Colombia, Urban Peacebuilding

Community members of Mampuján meet with government representatives to discuss reparations for the massacre and displacement that occurred in their community in 2000. By Anna Vogt, a Seed program worker with M...

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...

A Thread of Peace in Medellín

May 31, 2012

Colombia, Urban Peacebuilding

This post is from Jessica Sarriot, a two-year Seed worker, with MCC in Medellín Colombia. A City Known for Food, Flowers, and Drug Cartels Medellín, a bowl-shaped city known for its overabundant “Bandeja Pai...

Join MCC in supporting an International Arms Trade Treaty

May 14, 2012

Urban Peacebuilding

Armed Violence in Numbers 2 of 3 people killed by armed violence die in countries at peace 2 bullets are produced each year for each person on the planet 700 people are estimated to be killed with arms each ...

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...

Reverence for the Sacred Land: Part 2 – A Third Option?

February 26, 2012

Country Programs, Guatemala, Urban Peacebuilding

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:/...

Blessed are those who mourn: Thoughts from Honduras

February 15, 2012

Country Programs, Honduras, Urban Peacebuilding

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,...

The Food We Share

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

“Yo quisiera que termine toda esa violencia” El Día de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer (part 2)

Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia Contra la Mujer (parte 1)