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.
Lancaster Mennonite School students participated in acts of service during “World Changer Week” March 11-15, connecting with the local community and fellow students in Chad by way of Mennonite Central Committee.
A decision by Mennonite Central Committee Canada to no longer require all staff to be celibate outside of heterosexual marriage has prompted the Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference to withdraw as an official supporting member of that organization.
Mennonite Central Committee’s home-repair program in Appalachia changed its name to MCC Appalachia Build on April 2, replacing the former name, Sharing With Appalachian People.
In 2015, when a resolution called “Seeking Peace in Israel and Palestine” was proposed at the Mennonite Church USA convention, many of my Latino and Latina brothers and sisters went to the microphone to express their support for Israel. I was not surprised.
Each time they moved, shelling and bombing made them move again. The brutal reality was that there was no safe place to go.