About Us
The Mennonite Committee on Human Rights is a group of Mennonite individuals and organizations which is committed to exploring the intersection of human rights and Anabaptist-Mennonite faith and fostering education and action for human rights. The Committee has three main objectives:
- To facilitate reflection on the intersection of Anabaptist-Mennonite faith and human rights,
- To engage the Manitoba Mennonite constituency and participating organizations with respect to human rights thinking and practice,
- To offer a Mennonite perspective to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in developing it exhibits and program
Members of the Mennonite Committee on Human Rights and the organizations they represent are:
- Peter Rempel, co-chair – Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba
- Judith Dueck, co-chair – member at large
- Willie Reimer – Mennonite Central Committee Canada
- Alf Redekopp - Mennonite Historical Society of Canada
- John J Friesen– Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society
- Kirit Patel – Canadian Mennonite University
- Paul Hagerman - Canadian Foodgrains Bank
- Royden Loewen - Chair in Mennonite Studies, University of Winnipeg
- Ray Dirks - Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery
- Roland Sawatsky Mennonite Heritage Village
- Eliakim Sibanda – member at large
- Wendy Kroeker – member at large
Members of the Committee are based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Participating Mennonite Organizations and Programs
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank (Paul Hagerman)
- Canadian Mennonite University (Kirit Patel)
- Chair in Mennonite Studies, University of Winnipeg (Royden Loewen)
- Friends (Canadian) of the Mennonite Centre in Ukraine (George Dyck)
- Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society (John J Friesen)
- Mennonite Central Committee Canada (Willie Reimer)
- Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba (Peter Rempel)
- Mennonite Economic Development Associates (Allan Sauder)
- Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery (Ray Dirks)
- Mennonite Heritage Village (Roland Sawatsky)
- Mennonite Historical Society of Canada (Alf Redekopp)
- Peace and Conflict Studies, Conrad Grebel University College affiliated with the University of Waterloo (Lowell Ewert)