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Religious Organizations Oppose the Colombia FTA
As a presidential candidate in 2008, President Obama said that he would oppose the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement unless human rights conditions in that country were improved. Three years later,...
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Interfaith Immigration Statement on the President’s Speech
The Interfaith Immigration Coalition has released a statement in response to President Obama’s speech on immigration this afternoon in El Paso, Texas: As people of faith, we heed the admonitions in our...
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Aid, Not War in Afghanistan – An Open Letter from Religious Leaders
Mennonite Central Committee along with thirty seven other religious groups has signed a letter to President Obama calling for an end to U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. The letter also calls...
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Action Alert: Urge the EPA to Ban Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Over the past 20 years, mountaintop removal mining has left thousands of communities in extreme poverty, destroyed 14 million acres of forest and 2,000 miles of headwater streams, and increased levels...
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MCC joins amicus brief
The Mennonite Central Committee Washington Office joined over sixty national, state and local faith-based organizations in filing an Amicus (Friend of the Court) Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in...
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Letter urges U.S. to join Mine Ban Treaty
Mennonite Central Committee U.S. and Mennonite Church USA have joined dozens of organizations in calling on the U.S. government to join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. We write now to encourage you strongly...
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Toll from Isaac Still Ongoing as Spike in Cholera is Predicted
Twenty one human rights, faith-based, and humanitarian organizations, including Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Washington Office, released a statement today calling on the United Nations to take...
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Church leaders request review of U.S. military assistance to Israel
Today 15 Christian leaders released a letter to members of the U.S. Congress, saying it is their “moral responsibility to question the continuation of unconditional U.S. financial assistance to the...
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Two years after the outbreak of cholera in Haiti, access to clean water and...
A variety of human rights groups, faith-based organizations, policy institutes and humanitarian organizations have released a statement on the second anniversary of Haiti’s cholera outbreak, renewing...
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MCC U.S. joins groups urging Obama to help close deal on effective arms trade...
In a letter delivered February 19 to President Obama, Mennonite Central Committee U.S. joined 35 human rights, development, religious, and security organizations in calling on the U.S. to provide the...
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MCC Washington joins letter to President opposing lethal use of drones
Yesterday the MCC Washington Office joined a dozen other faith-based organizations in a letter to President Obama. The letter begins: As people and communities of faith, we are moved to express our...
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MCC U.S. urges Congress to oppose military action
Yesterday MCC U.S. joined leaders of 40 national Christian, Jewish, and Muslim organizations, calling on Congress to oppose the proposed authorization for the use of military force in Syria. The letter...
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Take Action to Protect Ricardo Esquivia and other Community Leaders
Send a message to Congress and the U.S. embassy in Colombia. Urge them to speak out against the persecution of Ricardo and other Colombian community leaders. Ricardo Esquivia is a Mennonite peace...
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MCC U.S., more than 60 other organizations oppose new Iran sanctions
Today MCC U.S. joined 61 other organizations in a letter to Senators, warning them that passage of new sanctions against Iran would “critically endanger the possibility of a diplomatic resolution to...
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Anabaptist leaders call for supporting Colombian peace process
Today the leaders of MCC, Mennonite Church USA, the U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches and the Brethren in Christ joined 46 other faith leaders in calling on President Obama and Secretary...
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MCC U.S. joins call to halt violence in Gaza
Today MCC U.S. joined 10 other Christian organizations and churches in calling for an immediate end to the violence–as well as its underlying causes–in Palestine and Israel. The letter states: As the...
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MCC U.S. and others raise concern about plan for forcible transfer of Bedouin...
On Tuesday MCC U.S. and other organizations sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the U.S. government to take immediate action to stop the forced transfer of Palestinian Bedouins...
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MCC U.S. calls for “sustained and energetic diplomacy” on Iraq and Syria
MCC U.S. sent a letter to President Obama addressing the situation in Iraq and Syria, expressing “our deep concern over continued airstrikes against so-called Islamic State (IS militants).” The letter...
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Address root causes of violence in Syria and Iraq: Faith leaders to President...
J Ron Byler, executive director of Mennonite Central Committee U.S., joined other faith leaders this week in urging the U.S. government to address root causes of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. The...
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Christian leaders support the Iran framework agreement
Ron Byler of MCC U.S. and Ervin Stutzman of Mennonite Church USA joined other Christian leaders in a full-page ad in Roll Call yesterday, expressing support for the framework agreement with Iran. As...
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