Fwd: Skills for life in Bolivia

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From: Bruce Campbell-Janz, MCC East Coast <EastCoast@mcc.org>
Date: Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 9:59 AM
Subject: Skills for life in Bolivia
To: info@gehmanmennonitechurch.org <info@gehmanmennonitechurch.org>

Stories of MCC's work around the world No Images? Click here       Donate     Skills for life A training program in Bolivia is empowering a mother-daughter duo to dream big. Irene Abrego Paraba and her 15-year-old daughter Vania have a joint business plan that grew out of their attendance at workshops supported by MCC. Read more about women learning new skills together!     I didn't have an "American Dream" Fleeing for her life, Gregoria Flores-Nuñez left Honduras in 2006 to find safety in the U.S. after working as a human rights activist. Today she lives in Bronx, N.Y., using her own migration experience as she serves with MCC in New York City supporting and guiding recently arrived immigrants through the legalization process. Read her story here!     More openings   Job openings Administrative Assistant: Liaison for International Program Areas, Akron, PA Administrative Assistant : Program Liaison for Constituents, Akron, PA Summer Service Program National Coordinator, Akron, PA (preferred) MCC U.S. Associate Executive Director – Interim, Akron, PA (preferred) Summer Intern: MCC Orientation & Re-entry Conferences Assistant, Akron, PA SWAP Job Site Coordinator, KY or WV SWAP Meals Coordinator, KY or WV MCC Representative for Cambodia and Myanmar Nurse, South Sudan Peace Coordinator, DR Congo Positions for SALT are posted. Browse and apply by Feb. 15th!                Events Alumni reunions are being planned now for MCC's 100th anniversary next year. Check out those that are already planned or find out how to plan your own. Here are more events to note: February 28-March 2: Quilt Preview of the PA Relief Sale (Ephrata, PA) March 1-13: Palestine and Israel Learning Tour March 2: Everence Stewardship University (Lancaster, PA) March 8: #MCCandMe: Put your life where your faith is | #MCCpeace: Engage with U.S. justice issues (Mechanicsburg, PA) March 20: Heifer Sale of the PA Relief Sale (New Holland, PA) April 1-19: Resilience—Nepal Learning Tour April 3-5: North American Relief Sale Board Workshops (Akron, PA) April 5-6: PA Relief Sale (Harrisburg, PA) April 8-12: Immigration Law Training (Akron, PA) April 29-May 3: Pipeline to Prison Learning Tour (Akron, PA) May 3-4: Who Cares About Climate Change? FREE Pastors' Retreat (Cuddebackville, NY)     Find local events   In Touch time machine MCC Pax participant Lowell Bender screens gravel for the construction of a home in Salzburg, Austria, in 1961, for refugees from what was then Yugoslavia. MCC developed Pax to help rebuild Europe after World War II and to serve as a voluntary service option for conscientious objectors to war. By the time the program stopped sending volunteers in 1973, about 1,180 men served in more than 40 countries around the world.       Donate     MCC East Coast 900 East Howell Street, Philadelphia, PA 19149 Clicking unsubscribe will remove you from the In Touch newsletter mailing list. Send us a note at intouch@mcccanada.ca or reply to this email if you'd like to be removed from all MCC emails.    Like    Tweet    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe