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 10/22/2007 | Victim of egg attack befriends offenders | A store clerk attacked by two Calgary youth has befriended the offenders, through a restorative justice program supported by MCC. |
| 10/17/2007 | Beads for the future | In October 2005, Tropical Storm Stan struck Guatemala with devastating flooding and mudslides. In the area near Lake Atitlán, entire communities were wiped out and lost their homes. To help them to recuperate what they lost, an MCC partner, the Guatemalan Evangelical Mennonite Church, organized a women’s beading cooperative this summer. |
| 10/17/2007 | More bread, less bullets | In 45 celebrations throughout the country, the message of bread and peace was shared in neighborhoods, parks, plazas, universities and street corners. Speakers called people to commit to a lifestyle embracing principles of nonviolence, and highlighted the need for economic justice as the key to a lasting peace in Colombia. |
| 10/17/2007 | Preserving a tradition | Viviana Cucul Tun, 16, practices weaving a guipil, part of K’ekchi indigenous dress. She attends classes at Bezaleel, a K’ekchi Mennonite Education Center, which provides education for youth in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. |
| 10/11/2007 | Peace Sunday a reminder that peace leads to peace | This year's Peace Sunday packet, "Peace by Memory", is now available on-line and at MCC offices. |
| 10/11/2007 | Scholarship recipient explores Aboriginal issues | The recipient of the 2007 Canadian Japanese-Mennonite Scholarship is researching ways to increase cooperation and support between majority groups and Aboriginal Canadians, as well as other disadvantaged minority groups. |
| 10/03/2007 | Canners are on the road for 2007-08 season | Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) four-person canning crew is on the road for an annual meat canning effort which begins in early October. |
| 10/01/2007 | Arrest of refugee worker at Canadian border raises concerns | The arrest of an American refugee worker escorting Haitian asylum seekers into Canada has raised concerns for MCC's refugee program. |
| 09/27/2007 | Mennonite Central Committee Hosts Dialogue between Iranian President and 100 Religious Leaders | This is the third in a series of interfaith conversations focused on establishing a dialogue between people of faith in the United States and the people and government of Iran. |
| 09/25/2007 | Family members speak out about victims of cluster bombs | Raed Mokaled, a 42-year-old optician from southern Lebanon, is taking part in a speaking tour organized by MCC to raise awareness about the civilian casualties of clus |
| 09/25/2007 | MCC helps build sand dams in Mozambique | MCC is helping people in Mozambique to build concrete dams, called sand dams, that store hundreds of thousands of gallons of water under a layer of sand. |
| 09/20/2007 | Remedial classes strengthen public education in Lebanon | This year, in partnership with MCC, nine public schools in south Lebanon offered weekly remedial lessons for students in Grade 7, 8 and 9 in mathematics, science and foreign language during the three final months of the school year.
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| 09/19/2007 | Building skills in music, promoting peace | A Mennonite music school in Guatemala’s capital city also strives to build peace and bring people together. |
| 09/14/2007 | Arli Klassen to serve as executive director of MCC | Arli Klassen has been chosen as the next executive director of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), taking leadership of the organization’s relief, development and peace-building work in more than 50 countries. |
| 09/08/2007 | Muslim students in Iran eager to study Mennonite history | Through a student exchange program, Muslim students in Iran are learning about Mennonite history and theology, gaining a new perspective of Christianity that is rarely portrayed by the media. |
| 09/08/2007 | Snipped dreadlocks raise funds for people with HIV and AIDS | In Saskatchewan, church members are trying creative ways to raise funds to provide treatment for HIV/AIDS patients in Nigeria. |
| 09/06/2007 | Building ties between churches | A program links congregations in the United States and Canada with congregations in Colombia. |
| 09/06/2007 | MCC assesses the need for aid following Hurricane Felix | MCC staff members are working with partner organizations to assess the needs of people affected by Hurricane Felix in Central America. |
| 09/06/2007 | Of skate parks and peacemaking | International volunteer provides inspiration to congregation in Phoenix. |
| 09/05/2007 | MCC seeks contributions for people affected by South Asia flooding | Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is seeking financial contributions to help people affected by widespread flooding in Bangladesh, Nepal and eastern India.
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| 08/30/2007 | Celebrating bread and peace in Colombia | In Colombia, Sept. 21 is marked with Pan y Paz, or Bread and Peace events highlighting the link between peace and economic justice. |
| 08/28/2007 | Proposed Canadian human rights museum fuels Mennonite debate | The Mennonite Committee on Human Rights aims to help the Mennonite community better understands its connection to human rights through a new course offered at Canadian Mennonite University. |
| 08/24/2007 | MCC provides aid for earthquake survivors in Peru | MCC is providing blankets and canned meat worth $215,000 U.S., or $229,000 Cdn., to survivors of an Aug. 15 earthquake in the central coastal region of Peru. |
| 08/20/2007 | An energetic summer: MCC Summer Service workers in Illinois | MCC Summer Service workers in Illinois work in children’s program. |
| 08/20/2007 | Young adults begin MCC assignments | One hundred two young adults are beginning MCC service assignments around the world following an Aug. 11 to 16 orientation session at MCC's campus in Akron, Pa. |
| 08/16/2007 | Circle of One Book Forum offers seasonal selections | The Circle of One book forum invites readers to delve into the writings of Native American authors through seasonal book selections. |
| 08/16/2007 | MCC provides soymilk for children in North Korea | MCC is providing 200 tons of soybeans, worth $130,000 U.S. or $138,000 Cdn., for children in North Korean schools and orphanages. |
| 08/14/2007 | MCC provides aid to flood survivors in Bangladesh and Nepal | MCC is providing aid to tens of thousands of people in Bangladesh and Nepal who have been affected by widespread flooding. |
| 08/06/2007 | MCC responds to flooding in South Asia | MCC is providing aid to people displaced by flooding in Nepal and planning a further response to flooding in Nepal, Bangladesh and India. |
| 07/31/2007 | A 60-hour dash for the latest "Die Mennonitische Post" | Jacobo Zacharias makes a 60-hour trip twice a month in order to bring the Low German newspaper "Die Mennonitische Post" to communities in Mexico and Belize. |