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.

25 stories

a group of people in the 1940s in front of a clinic in puerto rico

MCC and Mennonites in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

04/03/2023

Story

MCC and Mennonites in Puerto Rico

Solar panels on the roof of Gift & Thrift, an MCC Thrift shop in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in May 2022.

Virginia thrift shop turns solar savings into MCC support

Climate Change

Virginia

06/02/2022

Story

Virginia thrift shop turns solar savings into MCC support

A family of four kneal together in the sand at the beach. The ocean is behind them.

So romantic…

Migration and Refugees

Florida

04/28/2021

Story

A woman shopping in a thrift store

MCC Thrift shops

East Coast + 2 more

03/30/2021

Story

MCC Thrift shops

A number of piles of folded comforters sit on different surfaces in a warehouse.

Comforters: from creation to distribution

Disaster response

Pennsylvania

02/25/2021

Story

Comforters: from creation to distribution

This mystery building, and the adjacent land, was the site of Henrietta Dismukes Hospital and Nurses’ Home, one of the largest privately owned African American hospitals in the country.

History unveiled in Appalachia

Learn about SWAP in Appalachia

Justice and Equity

West Virginia + 1 more

02/23/2021

Story

History unveiled in Appalachia

Two women hold plates of rice over a large pot of beans cooking on an industrial sized stove

Puerto Rican-style canned meat

Disaster response

Puerto Rico

10/28/2019

Story

Puerto Rican-style canned meat

A photo of a man with his arm around a woman

When love and online dating meet citizenship paperwork

Migration and Refugees

New York

04/25/2019

Story

When love and online dating meet citizenship paperwork

Three women pose with a quilt

Turning stitches into love and generosity

Pennsylvania + 1 more

12/19/2018

Story

Turning stitches into love and generosity

A man and woman sit in folding chairs in a small office. There is a woman sitting behind the desk.

New York Mennonite Immigration Program

Migration and Refugees

New York + 1 more

12/03/2018

Story

New York Mennonite Immigration Program

An overview perspective of a large group of people working on a makeshift assembly line on two long tables.

MCC Mass Incarceration Service Day draws more than 250 attendees

Justice and Equity

Pennsylvania

03/01/2018

Story

MCC Mass Incarceration Service Day draws more than 250 attendees

A man in a tan sweater hands a paper bag to another man in blue prison clothes

Prison care kits: Restoring hope, dignity and mental health

Justice and Equity

Pennsylvania

10/31/2017

Story

Prison care kits: Restoring hope, dignity and mental health

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