Project Ploughshares’ coalition wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) congratulates Project Ploughshares, a member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), on winning the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Project Ploughshares, of which MCC is a member, was started 42 years ago by a former MCC service worker, Ernie Regehr. Cesar Jaramillo, the executive director of Project Ploughshares, says…
EMU honours Nobel laureate
Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, a recent recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, was honoured for her devotion to peace and relief of suffering on Oct. 16 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). “From the moment I was announced as one of the core recipients of the Noble Peace Prize, every night and morning I say my…
