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.

103 stories

Two people sit on the floor in front of a projector screen. Words on the screen reads, "Introduction to women peace makers."

February 2023: Peace is more than a wish with some creativity

Peace

Cambodia + 1 more

02/01/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

February 2023: Peace is more than a wish with some creativity

A man posing for a photo

The book that keeps writing itself

Education, Peace

British Columbia

01/17/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

The book that keeps writing itself

A group of five people taking a selfie photo in the snow

Fellowship with the IVEPers

Education, Peace

Colorado

01/17/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Fellowship with the IVEPers

A person sitting on a log in the woods

Seasons, weather and feelings

Education, Peace

Ohio

01/17/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Seasons, weather and feelings

Three people sitting in a sleigh with Christmas decor

Going from foreign to familiar

Education, Peace

Pennsylvania

01/17/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Going from foreign to familiar

A group of people posing for a photo with Santa Claus

IVEPer is helpful in a “helpful” kind of way

Education, Peace

Indiana

01/17/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

IVEPer is helpful in a “helpful” kind of way

Four students from Zimbabwe sit in front of a large tree with green canopy

Advocacy 2022: a year in review

Justice and Equity

Ontario

01/11/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Advocacy 2022: a year in review

Two women lean over a comforter top they are working on.

January 2023: Peace is more than a wish, through improv

Peace

Canada

01/01/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

January 2023: Peace is more than a wish, through improv

Myrrl Byler (right) converses with a government official (name withheld for security reasons) over a shared meal in Beijing, China in 2015.

The dangers of a "China vs U.S." worldview

Justice and Equity

United States + 1 more

12/06/2022

Perspectives and Viewpoints

The dangers of a "China vs U.S." worldview

A man holds up honeycomb he pulled out of a beehive.

Peace is More than a Wish in a Field of Bees

Peace

Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) + 1 more

12/01/2022

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Peace is More than a Wish in a Field of Bees

Val Hiebert, program co-coordinator for MCC Manitoba’s abuse response and prevention program and professor of sociology at the University of Manitoba, lectures one of her classes at the University of Manitoba.

Breaking the cycle of abuse

Manitoba

11/30/2022

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Breaking the cycle of abuse

An illustration of scales with a wallet on one side and a family under a roof on the other. Underneath the scale it says, "Living wage"

Working at policy advocacy... sideways

Poverty Reduction

Ontario

11/09/2022

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Working at policy advocacy... sideways

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