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![Two people sit facing each other, mirroring body language of hands pressed together in a Nepalese greeting.](/sites/default/files/resource-space/377874774_712420904260885_745544933749777228_n.jpg)
A journey of service with Mennonite Central Committee
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
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Your impact in Ontario - Summer 2024
Ontario
Jul 2024
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"Put a little love in your yard"
- Peace
North Carolina
Jul 2024
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![Ko’ona Saber, Kerry Saner-Harvey and Jonathan Neufeld sitting together on a bench](/sites/default/files/2024-07/20240614%20-%20Threads%20Healing%20Forest.jpg)
Threads – Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties, shows Indigenous reparations in action.
Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties websiteManitoba
Jul 2024
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Seeking Christ
- Education
Cambodia
Jul 2024
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Bill Janzen, directeur fondateur du Bureau à Ottawa, nommé à l’Ordre du Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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"You're a small part of something wonderful"
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Canada
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Undercurrents - Water Walking
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Ontario
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Podcast/audio
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![signage for the Potawatomi-Miami Trail marker at AMBS in Elkhart, Indiana, that will be unveiled on Sept. 29.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/Potawatomi-Miami%20Trail%20sign%20w%20background.jpg.webp?itok=P3u6KvFf)
Bodéwadmi-Myaamia (Potawatomi-Miami) Trail in Elkhart County, Indiana
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Indiana + 1 more
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News
newspaper
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Threads - Sept 2023 Kapabamayak Healing Forest
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Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Manitoba
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Podcast/audio
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![Group of people participating in the Kairos Blanket Exercise.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2827%29.png.webp?itok=EHtrUjlE)
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Indigenous Neighbors
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British Columbia
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Lay of the land / Colleen Hookimaw and Bill Loutitt
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Ontario
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Podcast/audio
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Un autre refrain: la Saskatchewan en route vers la réconciliation
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Saskatchewan
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![Reserve 107 memorial](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img_4842.jpg.webp?itok=-EhTsb_l)
More than a song: Saskatchewan's path to reconciliation
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Saskatchewan
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Story
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Threads - Hydro over troubled waters
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Manitoba
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Podcast/audio
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Relief, development and podcast: Wisdom within Indigenous roots / MCC staff Ricardo Salinas in Guatemala
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Guatemala
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Podcast/audio
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Les lacunes de l’hydroélectricité
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Manitoba
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Story
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The pitfalls of hydropower as a “clean” energy source
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Manitoba
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