Spring Statewide is around the corner!

May 31-June 2, 2013
CSU San Marcos

Hello MEChistAs, Allies, and Community Members! Thank you so much for your contributions to this MEChA Califas Spring 2013 Statewide! We, MEChA de CSUSM, MEChA de Palomar and MEChA de MiraCosta are very excited to host you all. The conference will be on May 31st-June 2nd at Cal State University San Marcos!

About the Theme "Unity Within CommUnity":
To have understanding that unity within ourselves as MEChistAs, and MEChA Chapter must also come with a responsibility of unity with the multiple communities we apart of.This includes but is not limited to Transnational, LGBQ , Trans* and Intersex, Indigenous, Asian/Pacific Islander,Black/African-American, and the list continues strong. To promote the concepts of connectedness, interdependence, ally-ship, and agents of change that MEChA as an organization should serve to ourselves and to our communities as these elements of unity speak to the principles that MEChA is founded upon.

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Hello everyone!

We hope that you are doing well. Our names are Chucha Marquez and Abrahan Tapia, and we are the Co-Chairs for the upcoming M.E.Ch.A. Fall 2012 Statewide Conference! The conference will take place on October 19th-21st. Our chapter is working diligently to execute a well-planned conference! The theme for this conference is:

We hope that you are as excited as we are for the conference! In order to better run the conference we ask everyone to please register as soon as possible, which will help us better estimate the amount of people that will attend. Make sure to register as soon as you can! Take note that you must pay when you register or your application will be voided. Pre-registration will save you ten dollars, so take advantage of that. If you want to put on a workshop, we also have the workshop application out.

Information about workshop proposals and registration you should know:


Deadline to Pre-register: October 5th $15 (per person)
Regular Registration: Oct 6th thru Oct 19th $25 (per person)

You can also register on site at the Registration price of $25 (per person)

High School students register for free!

Workshops are a great opportunity to share your knowledge and ideas with your community. We are looking for awesome, inspiring, make you wanna jump out of your seat and change the world type workshops! Some suggestions for workshop topics include, but are by no means limited to:

• M.E.Ch.A. 101


• Dream Act


• Undocumented Issues


• Indigenismo


• Queer Issues


• Gender


• Sex/Sexism


• His/Her/Ourstory


• Social Movements


• Identity


• Mental/Physical Health

Remember to keep the theme of the conference in mind when submitting workshop, although it's not mandatory.
If you are interested in facilitating a workshop but are not from a recognized M.E.Ch.A. chapter, you may still submit an application, but we require that you ask for sponsorship from the recognized M.E.Ch.A. chapter closest to you.
The deadline to apply to facilitate a workshop is September 30th at 11:59pm. We look forward to reviewing your application!

Make sure to check out our chapter's website at MEChAUCD.Weebly.Com
If you have any questions please e-mail mechafallstatewidefall2012@gmail.com

Hope to see you all on Oct 19th-21st!!

Chucha & Abrahan

REGISTRATION LINK

REGISTRATION LINK (HS Students)

WORKSHOPS LINK

Hola a toda/os!

Just a reminder that the statewide liaison will be taking place at CSUN Chicano House Check for more details via FB

Have a great day! See you tomorrow!
-Luis

To: All Active Chapters in Alta Califas Sur
From: Alta Califas Sur Region
Re: œSave Ethnic Studies! Campaign

The following letter is to address the current campaign that our region has decided to take part of as of June 10, 2012. After the passage of SB 1070 and HR 2281 in Arizona, ethnic studies, especially Mexican-American Studies, were completely banned from the school curriculum at Tucson Unified School District. These programs were aiding in the growth and development of our raza in becoming better individuals in society as well as fostering leadership development. As a result many campus have taken action towards this issue. However, after the regional meeting at UCLA, we have decided to combine efforts and push for a regional campaign to Save Ethnic Studies.
The campaign consist of a book drive, which will involve donating books to the youth and teachers in Arizona to continue Raza Studies in the community centers and other spaces provided by the community to continue empowerment of our raza. The books that we encourage you all to donate are all raza studies textbooks, novelas, research, etc. A list will be attached to this letter for your chapter'™s reference. We are asking every chapter to donate a minimum of 10 books per regional meeting, from July to September 2012; this gives a grand total of 30 books per chapter. How ever if your Chapter wishes to donate more at any time, we have two collection centers, one at UCLA, and the second one at CSUN.
The second part of the campaign consist of a caravan to Arizona which is projected to take place during the first National liaison meeting at Tucson Arizona in the weekend of September 14-16, 2012. The NMCCs and the Regional General Body are finalizing logistics regarding the caravan. Furthermore, if you wish to join us and help with the planning process please fell free to contact Luis Aviles or Blanca Samano. In the next regional meeting we will be finalizing as well as assigning tasks regarding the caravan, so please come and Join us July 29th at California State University, Northridge.
We are hoping that you all can join us in this major effort, being the first one for our region takes upon this year. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us via email at mechadeacs@gmail.com for any questions.

In Solidarity and Struggle,

Luis F. Avilés| MEChA de UCLA| National MEChA Coordinating Council
Blanca Samano| MEChA de CSUN| National MEChA Coordinating Council

Letter to Region Regarding Ethnic Studies Campaign.pdf

Hey y'all I hope Finals/mideterms/graduations are going great!!! :) This is just a frendly reminder to please sign up for the Statewide Conference held at UC Santa Cruz. The conference will be amazing and even better empowering so Sigh up HERE so you can have a great time with the rest of the Cali Chapters and learn more about the other two regions in Califaztlan!

See you there!

MEChA de ACS

The Alta Califas Sur Site is now being updated, Chapter have been added, and NMCC Reps have been Updated, If your Chapter is not being listed please contact any of the NMCCs so the infirmation can be added.

Have a wonderful day!
-MEChA de ACS

Is Repping at NATIONALS!!!!

Some stuff here!

As we've entered 2010, the National website has seen many enhancements, this regional page is one of them. The content of these pages is still being developed. We thank you for your patience as we work hard to get everything finalized. Once everything is complete, look toward your NMCC Representatives for information about how content will be updated and how your chapter can be involved in this process.