Artist Paul Friesen has often been inspired by world events and people’s experiences. His most recent project honors Michael J. Sharp, a United Nations peacebuilder who was killed, along with colleague Zaida Catalán, by a still-undetermined group in March 2017 as he worked to bring peace between warring factions in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Deborah Tewelde has received the 2019 Lincoln M. Alexander award, given by the Province of Ontario to youth who have shown strong leadership in eliminating racial discrimination.
Milka Rindzinski, who served with Mennonite World Conference’s Courier magazine from 1992 to 2008, died March 5.
Malone University in Canton, Ohio, and the newly formed Zollikon Institute of Holmes County have begun a partnership to provide educational services for Amish and conservative Mennonite communities.
