Stefany Cortes, a senior at Freeman Academy in South Dakota, won the top prize for her essay on immigration in the annual Mennonite Central Committee U.S. National Peace & Justice Ministries public policy essay contest.
Stefany Cortes, a senior at Freeman Academy in South Dakota, won the top prize for her essay on immigration in the annual Mennonite Central Committee U.S. National Peace & Justice Ministries public policy essay contest.
Five young peacemakers shared why they chose peace over military service April 22 at an Eastern Mennonite School event highlighting the relevance of conscientious objection today.
Students at Eastern Mennonite University and Bethel College called for a cease-fire in Gaza with their voices, bodies and two large bells in multiday demonstrations in March and early April.
More than 1,000 demonstrators across the United States and Canada highlighted the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as they called on elected officials to support a cease-fire during Holy Week events in late March.
Five congregations in Mosaic Conference of Mennonite Church USA gathered March 17 in Lansdale, Pa., to share grief and hope and to pray for the people of Israel and Palestine as the humanitarian crisis in war-ravaged Gaza worsens.
Mennonite Church Canada is launching an urgent relief appeal for the Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia. MKC leaders and adherents have lost their lives in the crossfire of a tribal conflict that began in the western region of Ethiopia in 2018.
