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M.E.Ch.A. (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan is a organization that seeks to promote an awareness of Chicano history and to empower Chicanos through education and political action.MEChA was formed in 1969 as an attempt to unify a wide variety of Chicano-rights student organizations that had been active throughout the 1960s.The group coalesced out of several organizations which had formed during that turbulent decade.The Denver, Colorado-based Crusade for Justice, a civil rights and educational organization founded in the mid-60s, concerned itself with the problem's of the city's Chicano youth.The Mexican American Youth Organization was founded in San Antonio, Texas, in 1967, and employed the tactics of the and later spurred the creation of the controversial Raza Unida Party (Party of United Race).The Brown Berets were a youth organization that militated against police brutality in East Los Angeles. In 1968, they helped the United Mexican American Students (UMAS), Sal Castro, and other youth who met at the Piranya Cafe organize the East L.A. walkouts, called the Blowouts, a series of protests against unfair conditions in Los Angeles schools.Following the Blowouts, a group of students, school administrators, and teachers formed the Chicano Coordinating Committee on Higher Education (CCCHE), a network to pressure the adoption and expansion of equal opportunity programs in California's colleges.Rene Nu&#241;ez, an activist from San Diego, conceived a conference to unify the student groups under the auspices of the CCCHE.In April 1969, Chicano college students held a nationwide conference at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Many of the attendees were present at the First National Chicano Youth Liberation Conference hosted by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales's Crusade for Justice a month prior, and the Santa Barbara conference represented the extension of the Chicano Youth Movement into the realm of higher education.The name "Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztl&#225;n" was already in use by a few groups, and the name was adopted by the conference attendees because of the importance of each of the words and as a means of transcending the regional nature of the multiple campus-based groups. Conference attendees also set the national agenda and drafted the Plan de Santa Barbara, a pedagogic manifesto.MEChA chapters first took root on California college campuses and then expanded to high schools and schools in other states. It soon became one of the primary Mexican-American organizations, hosting functions, developing community leaders, and politically pressuring educational institutions. MEChA was fundamental in the adoption of Chicano Studies programs and departments in academia.Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | Classifieds ..

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January 24, 2007 minutes

I. Bienvenida/sign-in/voting rights a. Eddie motions to approve the agenda. b. Lionela seconds it. -meeting started at 5:45 pm II. Chicano Studies &nb...
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November 15, 2006 minutes

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November 1, 2006 minutes

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October 25, 2006 minutes

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September 27, 2006 minutes

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September 20, 2006 minutes

September 20, 2006 I. Bienvenida II. Sign in/voting rihts III. approval of agenda -motion to move CFA presetation under Chicano studies 1. Monica motions to appr...
Posted by M.E.Ch.A. de Chico on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:44:00 PST

September 13, 2006 minutes

September 13, 2006 I. Bienvenida call to order at 5:36 PM a. sign in/voting rights -Natalia gained voting rights b. approval of agenda 1. Lize...
Posted by M.E.Ch.A. de Chico on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:43:00 PST