Presbyterian Mission Agency Michelle Muñiz Archives

‘Connecting the Dots’ webinar examines living on an island used for decades by the US military for bombing practice

Posted February 29th, 2024

Wednesday’s installment in the “Connecting the Dots” webinar series gave voice to three women who live on Vieques Island in the southeastern region of the Puerto Rico archipelago, an island that has faced many challenges including decades of hosting a U.S. Navy base for live-fire bombing practices.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance official offers advice on intentional volunteering

Posted June 15th, 2023

“How do we do justice to the people we serve and have empathy with them?” Last week, Michelle Muñiz posed this question to an assembly of 100 leaders of disaster relief organizations in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the Puerto Rican affiliate chapter of National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (PRVOAD) Conference and Assembly.

On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico faces record-setting rainfall and devastation from Hurricane Fiona

Posted September 20th, 2022

On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria’s devastation to Puerto Rico, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance personnel on Tuesday were describing a different scene despite the record rainfall that Fiona brought to the island over the weekend before turning toward the Dominican Republic and smaller islands in the Caribbean.