Alcala Yearbook 2008-2009

N OF ACHA CHICANA ACTIVISTS ACHA, Association of Chicana Activists, worked to empower women by advocating self determination, the desire of freedom, and self sufficiency. They served as an exce ll ent leadership trainin enab led women to work on and off campus munity groups. ACHA promoted the ad men in the work force through higher e s, and hermandad. ACHA characterized the ai n pillars: social; uppotive fami ly, higher education and the retent ion of Latinas on campus, p liti ca l; awareness of issues that affect the Latin community, and cultural; knowledge of cultural values and the ce lebration of the practices that make the Latin cu lt ure so rich .