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Threads – From Winnipeg to Zambia: Connecting Across Continents with Compassion
Learn more about MCC kitsManitoba + 1 more
Sep 2024
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Doctrines & Discoveries: Mistasinīy | Buffalo Child Stone
- Indigenous Neighbors
Saskatchewan
Aug 2024
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The lost story of Dr. Dismukes - Black history in Appalachia
Listen now- Justice and Equity
United States + 1 more
Aug 2024
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Celebrating decades of partnership and impact
Ontario
Aug 2024
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Threads – Faith and Farming Bring Communities Together to End Hunger
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Aug 2024
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"Creating an ecosystem of encounter"
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Aug 2024
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Threads – From Winnipeg to Zambia: Connecting Across Continents with Compassion
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Manitoba + 1 more
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Threads – Faith and Farming Bring Communities Together to End Hunger
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Manitoba
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Threads – Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties, shows Indigenous reparations in action.
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Manitoba
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Threads – Seek program unites young adults in culture and faith in Cambodia
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Manitoba + 1 more
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Threads - Connection and kindness, one stitch at a time
Piece it Together Quilt and Craft SaleLocation
Manitoba
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Threads - "Now you have not just friends, you have family here."
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Manitoba + 1 more
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Threads - "I feel this is my home. This is my place"
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Manitoba
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Threads - "We have the right to live. We have the right to dream."
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Manitoba + 1 more
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Threads - Moved by a year of compassionate hearts and minds
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Manitoba
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Threads - Dec 2023 Christmas Giving
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Food
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Manitoba
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Threads - Nov 2023 Welcome the Stranger
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Migration and Refugees
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Manitoba
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Threads - Oct 2023 Sam's Place: A place to belong
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Food
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Manitoba
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