Migration and Refugees
Mexico
Story
… but dangerously perched on top of the moving train — a common sight across Mexico. “Right then, God spoke to me and … Find more stories from the winter 2025 edition of A Common Place . … Help our partners extend a warm welcome to migrants …
Peace, Education
Rwanda
Story
… to their peers. … Sienna Malik is managing editor of A Common Place magazine. Denyse Kamugwiza Uwera, a freelance …
Manitoba
Story
… and I'm the Volunteer and Program Coordinator for Sam's Place, which is the Manitoba location for MCC on 140 … I am Cinnamin Moar. I am a supervisor here at Sam's Place. Kyle Rudge (01:46): Rebecca and Cinnamin were an …
Education
Rwanda
Story
… me happy.” Marla Pierson Lester is managing editor of A Common Place magazine. Owen McCullum of Plattsburgh, New York, is …
Manitoba
Story
… about that. And I feel, oh, this is my home. This is my place. Heather Goertzen (06:39): We had the benefit of … what it's like to be in a different culture in a different place and to have people receive you and take you in and call …
Rwanda
Story
… bright,” she says. … Sienna Malik is managing editor of A Common Place magazine. Denyse Kamugwiza Uwera, a freelance …
Health
Ukraine
Story
… child was dealing with significant mental health issues or common childhood anxieties, the emotional weight of the war … the original problem worse. … … The sessions provide a place where children can feel safe emotionally, Katerina …
Food
India, Haiti, Colombia, Nepal, Kenya, Uganda
Story
… other plants with deep roots that will hold the soil in place. Moringa, sugarcane and plantain trees are often … to build traditional family granaries, which used to be common but have fallen out of favor. The hut-like structures …
Education
Zimbabwe
Story
… … Nyandoro moved from relative to relative, looking for a place to live, but always they shunned her. Eventually she … and an overcomer.” … Tina Dube … Tina Dube … 103 … A Common Place … Love for all who enter …
Landing page
… … Discover MCC’s rich collection of publications such as A Common Place , Intersections and Die Mennonitische Post. Each …
Bangladesh
Story
… childhood, I have lived by the Jamuna River. I love this place. Many faces I know from my childhood, and my relatives … I feel good when I can stand by their side." … 57 … 24 … A Common Place … First person: Shamima Akter …