Our Stories | Mennonite Central Committee

Meet the communities whose perspectives and experiences shape MCC’s work.

Hear how they’re adapting and innovating in the face of poverty, conflict and injustice.

See how we’re creating a brighter future, together.

A woman and man smiling at a food distribution in Zimbabwe.

38 stories

Group photo of participants

Growing in faith, community and trust through IVEP

Peace

Pennsylvania + 1 more

01/21/2026

Story

Growing in faith, community and trust through IVEP

Participants pose in front of a sign at the United Nations Headquarters during the MCC UN Student Seminar in New York City in November 2025.

Thirty years of the MCC UN Student Seminar

Justice and Equity

New York

01/05/2026

Story

Thirty years of the MCC UN Student Seminar

+ A group of twelve people poses together in a living room, seated and standing around a couch with various furnishings in the background.

Sharing stories, encouraging hope

United States + 2 more

12/15/2025

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Sharing stories, encouraging hope

Young man cooking

Cooking lessons

Peace

Virginia + 1 more

12/11/2025

Story

Cooking lessons

Woman teaching in a classroom

Cultivating global citizens

Peace

Pennsylvania

10/20/2025

Story

Cultivating global citizens

a group of children pose for a photo in South Philly

Loving your neighbor through creation care

Learn more about MCC Summer Service

Climate Change

Pennsylvania + 1 more

08/27/2025

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Loving your neighbor through creation care

neighbor sign in a front yard

Open arms for refugees and immigrants

Migration and Refugees

United States + 1 more

07/24/2025

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Open arms for refugees and immigrants

Man sitting at a desk

IVEP shaped my vocational journey

Peace

Tanzania + 1 more

04/15/2025

Story

IVEP shaped my vocational journey

White daisies with a bee on one of the flower's yellow center

Peacemaking through native plants

Climate Change

Pennsylvania

04/10/2025

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Peacemaking through native plants

A photo of dawn over mountains in Korea, there is a layer of fog at the mountaintops and soft orange and yellow light as the sun peeks through.

On Being People of the Dawn

New York

03/20/2025

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On Being People of the Dawn

Gerry Kulp is presented with a big check from her pastors

Honoring an elder through intergenerational giving

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Pennsylvania + 2 more

02/21/2025

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Honoring an elder through intergenerational giving

woman facing two people with backs to the camera

MCC immigration staff in U.S. field urgent calls, questions

Migration and Refugees

United States + 2 more

02/14/2025

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MCC immigration staff in U.S. field urgent calls, questions

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