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Colombia: the war measured in litres of blood
A recent report by International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Coordinación Colombia Europa Estados Unidos (CCEEU), titled “Colombia: The war measured in litres of blood –...
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UN Peace-keepers in Haiti: abuse and accountability
Kristen and Wawa Chege, MCC Advocacy Coordinators in Haiti, blog about the need for accountability among United Nations peacekeeping troops in Haiti, and how we can aid this process. The current case...
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A Global Arms Trade Treaty
Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach writes about the need for a strong Arms Trade Treaty in the latest Third Way Cafe. The United States is by far the largest seller of conventional weapons to other countries....
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Votes this week to reduce Pentagon spending
The House is scheduled to take up the Fiscal Year 2013 defense appropriations bill this week. Contact your House member today to urge him/her to support amendments that will reduce Pentagon spending....
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House votes to freeze Pentagon spending at last year’s level
Last evening the House of Representatives voted to freeze Pentagon spending at last year’s level, approving an amendment to the defense appropriations bill co-sponsored by Rep. Mulvaney (R-S.C.) and...
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When Hillary Clinton met Phongsavath Souliyalat
Titus Peachey, MCC U.S. peace education coordinator, holds the head of a garden hoe that struck a cluster bomb submunition in Laos, killing the mother of 11 children. She was using the hoe to open land...
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U.S. military footprint in Africa
Patricia Kisare reflects on U.S. military presence in Africa for PeaceSigns: U.S. military presence in Africa is harmful. For one, it sends the wrong message to the young African countries that...
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From helpless to hopeful: A regional peace forum
Last weekend I had the privilege of being in central Illinois for a regional peace forum, hosted by the Mennonite Church of Normal. The theme of the weekend was “Helpless to hopeful: Make a difference...
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Calling for an immediate end to violence in Syria
Sarah Adams, Mennonite Central Committee representative for Syria and Lebanon, reflects on the conflict in Syria: The first time I went to Syria through my work with Mennonite Central Committee, almost...
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MCC U.S. joins groups urging Obama to help close deal on effective arms trade...
In a letter delivered February 19 to President Obama, Mennonite Central Committee U.S. joined 35 human rights, development, religious, and security organizations in calling on the U.S. to provide the...
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Arms trade treaty approved by UN General Assembly
A global arms trade treaty was overwhelmingly approved in the UN General Assembly yesterday, April 2. The United States voted in favor of the treaty. Formal approval by the United States of the treaty...
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MCC Washington joins letter to President opposing lethal use of drones
Yesterday the MCC Washington Office joined a dozen other faith-based organizations in a letter to President Obama. The letter begins: As people and communities of faith, we are moved to express our...
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Too much of the pie
Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach writes about military spending in the discretionary budget for the latest Third Way Cafe. When President Obama released his budget for Fiscal Year 2014 a few weeks ago, he...
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House approves cut to Pentagon funding
Sending a significant signal on the defense appropriations bill yesterday, the House voted to cut $3.5 billion from the Pentagon’s “overseas contingency operations” account. These funds, while...
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MCC joins churches’ call to President Obama on Syria
Yesterday 24 church leaders, including Ron Byler, executive director of MCC U.S. and Ervin Stutzman, executive director of Mennonite Church USA, sent a letter to President Obama on the crisis in Syria....
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Can We Prevent Palestine’s Trail of Tears?
Rachelle Friesen, an MCC peace development worker in Palestine, writes about a plan to forcibly expel Bedouin from their homes in Israel in the MCC Palestine blog. Since the seventh century the Arab...
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Approaching spiritual death
Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach writes about current Pentagon spending levels in the latest PeaceSigns. The budget agreement reached in December keeps some of the automatic “sequestration” cuts in place...
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E-Memo: October 6, 2014
Marching for action on climate change Several dozen Mennonites joined the estimated 400,000 people who walked in the People’s Climate March in New York City on September 21, 2014. Two days later, world...
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Reconciling Truth on the Road to Peace
A former member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) shared that at a young age, every member of his family was killed by the Colombian military. Angry and looking for revenge, this...
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Address root causes of violence in Syria and Iraq: Faith leaders to President...
J Ron Byler, executive director of Mennonite Central Committee U.S., joined other faith leaders this week in urging the U.S. government to address root causes of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. The...
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