CHICANO 188 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mexican American Youth Organization, Mexican Americans, Mecha
22 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Paper #1 is due NEXT WEEK at the beginning of class
Student Activism and Chicanx Studies
Chicanx Student Groups
Mexican-American Student Association (MASA) - 1965
More Inland Empire (Cal Poly, ELAC)
○
-
United Mexican American Students (UMAS) - 1967
More successful in spreading through CA
○
-
Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) - 1967
More Texas
○
-
Mexican American Student Organization (MASO) - 1967
-
Mexican American Student Confederation (MASC) - 1968
San Francisco
○
Joined the third world liberation front to add ethnic studies department
○
-
Movimiento Estudantil Chicanx de Aztlan (MEChA) - 1969
-
Las Hijas de Cuauhtemoc - 1971 (1968)
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Historical Context
Formed during Chicanx movements
-
Origins
Response as a form of resistance
○
Effort to employ change
○
-
Why is college the perfect place to organize?
Education gives us the tools for liberation
○
Access to resources
○
-
Early Chicanx Student Groups
MASA
Took over a house because it wasn't being used
§
Specifically took that space to use as outreach to Raza students at Cal Poly
Pomona
§
○
UMAS
Successful in spreading chapters all over
§
○
MAYO
Had a different approach to organizing
§
Took on to publishing
Had their own newspapers
□
§
Talked about Chicanx community issues in the area (Texas)
§
○
-
MEChA
Change all Chicanx groups to MEChA, unifying Chicanx student organizations
by name
○
The role of MEChA is to become organically tied to the everyday social and
political life of Mexican-American communities and also to become a
permanent well organized power block for the purpose of redirecting university
attention and resources to the needs of Mexican-American students, educators,
and communities
○
Today there are 400 registered chapters
○
-
Chicanas in student groups/Role of muxeres
-
Strategies
Walkouts
○
Sit-ins
○
Pilgrimages
○
Rallies and vigils
○
Art
○
-
Achievements
Called attention to power and the misuse of power
○
Achievements don't override the challenges
○
-
What are the intellectual roots (theoretical and philosophical) of student activism and
Chicanx studies?
Lenin/Russiaa.
1.
What pulled students together to form student organizations?2.
How do student groups and Chicanx studies differ by region? By higher education
system (CC, CSU, UC)?
3.
What are the relationships between student activism and Chicanx studies4.
What challenges did students use to organize and create change5.
What challenges did students have in their organizing efforts and how did they
respond to those challenges?
6.
How do Chicanas experience student organizing?7.
Audio 1
Audio'recording' started:'4:34'PM'Tuesday,'April'17,'2018
Audio 2
Audio'recording' started:'5:37'PM'Tuesday,'April'17,'2018
Week$3
Tuesday,' April'17,'2018
4:01'PM
Paper #1 is due NEXT WEEK at the beginning of class
Student Activism and Chicanx Studies
Chicanx Student Groups
Mexican-American Student Association (MASA) - 1965
More Inland Empire (Cal Poly, ELAC)
○
-
United Mexican American Students (UMAS) - 1967
More successful in spreading through CA
○
-
Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) - 1967
More Texas
○
-
Mexican American Student Organization (MASO) - 1967
-
Mexican American Student Confederation (MASC) - 1968
San Francisco
○
Joined the third world liberation front to add ethnic studies department
○
-
Movimiento Estudantil Chicanx de Aztlan (MEChA) - 1969
-
Las Hijas de Cuauhtemoc - 1971 (1968)
-
Historical Context
Formed during Chicanx movements
-
Origins
Response as a form of resistance
○
Effort to employ change
○
-
Why is college the perfect place to organize?
Education gives us the tools for liberation
○
Access to resources
○
-
Early Chicanx Student Groups
MASA
Took over a house because it wasn't being used
§
Specifically took that space to use as outreach to Raza students at Cal Poly
Pomona
§
○
UMAS
Successful in spreading chapters all over
§
○
MAYO
Had a different approach to organizing
§
Took on to publishing
Had their own newspapers
□
§
Talked about Chicanx community issues in the area (Texas)
§
○
-
MEChA
Change all Chicanx groups to MEChA, unifying Chicanx student organizations
by name
○
The role of MEChA is to become organically tied to the everyday social and
political life of Mexican-American communities and also to become a
permanent well organized power block for the purpose of redirecting university
attention and resources to the needs of Mexican-American students, educators,
and communities
○
Today there are 400 registered chapters
○
-
Chicanas in student groups/Role of muxeres
-
Strategies
Walkouts
○
Sit-ins
○
Pilgrimages
○
Rallies and vigils
○
Art
○
-
Achievements
Called attention to power and the misuse of power
○
Achievements don't override the challenges
○
-
What are the intellectual roots (theoretical and philosophical) of student activism and
Chicanx studies?
Lenin/Russiaa.
1.
What pulled students together to form student organizations?2.
How do student groups and Chicanx studies differ by region? By higher education
system (CC, CSU, UC)?
3.
What are the relationships between student activism and Chicanx studies4.
What challenges did students use to organize and create change5.
What challenges did students have in their organizing efforts and how did they
respond to those challenges?
6.
How do Chicanas experience student organizing?7.
Audio 1
Audio'recording' started:'4:34'PM'Tuesday,'April'17,'2018
Audio 2
Audio'recording' started:'5:37'PM'Tuesday,'April'17,'2018
Week$3
Tuesday,' April'17,'2018 4:01'PM
Document Summary
Paper #1 is due next week at the beginning of class. Joined the third world liberation front to add ethnic studies department. Movimiento estudantil chicanx de aztlan (mecha) - 1969. Took over a house because it wasn"t being used. Specifically took that space to use as outreach to raza students at cal pol. Audio recording started: 4:34 pm tuesday, april 17, 2018. Talked about chicanx community issues in the area (texas) Change all chicanx groups to mecha, unifying chicanx student organizations by name. Called attention to power and the misuse of power. What are the intellectual roots (theoretical and philosophical) of student activism and. What are the relationships between student activism and chicanx studies. What challenges did students use to organize and create change. How do chicanas experience student organizing? nizations l and university ducators, vism and ation. Audio recording started: 5:37 pm tuesday, april 17, 2018.
