Alcala Yearbook 2007-2008

Moviemiento Estudantil de Chicano/a Activists MEChA is an acronym for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan. MEChA is much more than a club -- they are a Naitonal student organization that un ites all Chicano/ a and Latino/a students in their quest to enhance the development of society through education. Believing that political involvement and education is the avenf~·cha~ e in society. Each word in MEChA symbol izes a grea~ oncept in~{ms of la causa. Movimiento means that the organization is dedicated to t"1"~ ~ _e , ent ~ gav, self-determination for Chicano/a and Latino/a students. Estudiantil, id~ Jttt . - 0cga -~ io as a student group that represents La Raza's future. At the heart of the ~ · e s, 00 e aentity: Chicano. At first seen as a nega- tive word, now taken for a badge of~ In ado ti g thei r new identity, the students commit themselves to the constant struggle agai st;'. thg] ces of opression through advocacy.

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