National MEChA

M.E.Ch.A. Endorses the School of the Americas Watch (SOAW)

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:00:00 -0800

OLYMPIA, Washington- As National Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán (M.E.Ch.A.) we are endorsing The School of the America's Watch's campaign to permanently shut down the Western Hemisphere Institution for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly The School of the Americas (SOA) located at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia.

National MEChA to Protest Arizona's SB 1070, HB 2281 and the Privatization of Higher Education

Tue, 18 May 2010 00:08:32 -0800

MEDIA ADVISORY
For Immediate Release
Contact: Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlán de University of Washington, mecha@uw.edu

National Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) to Protest Arizonaâs HB 1070 and SB 2281 and the privatization of higher education at the University of Washington on May 28th 2010.

SEATTLE -- National Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) and MEChA de UW will be having an action on May 28th, 2010 from 2-5pm at the University of Washington during the National MEChA Conference to demand an accessible education system that does not exploit students, immigrants, first generation college students, workers and our communidad!

National MEChA Opposes Arizona's SB 1070

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:54:30 -0800

National MEChA is opposed to SB1070 in Arizona. Continue reading for the full press release.

Healing our Gente y Tierra by Redefining Labor

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:45:38 -0800

Healing our Gente y Tierra by Redefining Labor, this is the theme for the 2010 National Conference being hosted by the Pacific Northwest MEChA region in Seattle this year. Visit the national conference page to view the itinerary and download registration and workshop proposal forms.

2010 National Cesar E. Chavez Blood Drive Challenge

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:01 -0800

MEChistAs, Bring the National Cesar E. Chavez Blood Drive Challenge to your campus! Become a student organizer and lead a donor recruitment celebrating Cesar E. Chavez's legacy of leadership and community service on your campus. Already over 120 universities are participating in this annual event. Will your campus participate? It's up to you!

The event is organized nationally by: MigrantStudents.org. They are working in collaboration with the American Red Cross and America's Blood Centers. Your local blood center needs to identify student organizers ASAP in order to be able to schedule the blood drive on the schedule. So, please download your application and submit ASAP. The actual blood drive will take place during March 2010, most likely on March 31st, Cesar E. Chavez's Birthday.

Entering 2010, continuing the struggle

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:01 -0800

First and foremost, Happy New Year to all! As we enter 2010, an old struggle continues. Immigration reform and the DREAM Act are part of current legislation in congress and we must fight the good fight.

As the economy crumbles, the cost of higher education continues to increase becoming less and less attainable for many. Nuestra gente are looked as a scapegoat for many of the country's ills, and we must fight to end it. Let us reinvigorate the movement with our energy in 2010!

The website is still undergoing construction, but we hope to make it a focal point of our large network of MEChA chapters bringing us all on step closer together as we unite and fight these injustices. So, keep checking back for new improvements.

So, feliz año nuevo y que siga la lucha!!!

National Website Update

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:16:24 -0800

Between now and the end of the year, the national website will be receiving some updates as we try to make it a greater component of the national network of MEChA chapters. This will be coupled with enhancements from Twitter and Facebook pages that we hope will work in conjunction to increase the interaction amongst MEChistAs throughout Aztlán. Please don't mind the sporadic changes as we go through this process.

2009 National Action

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:12:22 -0800

An excerpt about today's action at the National Conference: Today, 600 students are rallying for immigrant rights and comprehensive immigration reform at the Eugene Office of Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio.

The event was organized by the students of MEChA from the University of Oregon chapter and chapters from across the Nation, as well as CAUSA, Oregon's immigrant rights coalition, with the help and support of various UO Departments, PCUN, and Eugene community organizations.

2009 National MEChA Conference

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:09:50 -0800

The 2009 National MEChA Conference will be hosted by MEChA de University of Oregon, of the Aztlán del Noroeste region, at University of Oregon in Eugene, OR. More information will be posted in the national conference section, keep checking back for updates.

Update: Blue Diamond Workers

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:53:22 -0800

Attached to the end of this message is a copy of a press release for an event that took place today here in Sacramento. Today the Sacramento City Council adopted a resolution and formed a committee to further seek communications with Blue Diamond's CEO. This is another step towards the victory, as we gain more allies in support of the workers' struggle to unionize.

Support the D-Q University 3

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:22:09 -0800

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 7:30am
Woodland Courthouse (Department 9)

DQ Univerisity is California's ONLY tribal college. There has been an on-going struggle between DQU students and the DQU Board of Trustees since 2005 when the school lost its accreditation. Incompetence and negligence on the part of the former school administration cost the college its accreditation in January of 2005. Following that, a group of DQU students, with community support, vowed to stay on campus and take charge of their own education, turning the campus into a healthy, self-sustainable, and self-determined living environment!

On February 20th, 3 students from DQ University were arrested under the false pretenses of trespassing, unjustly by the Board of Trustees. Earlier this week, another 18 were arrested with the same charges!!!

The students need your support!!! We ask for your presence on this date to show the board and the courts that the community is behind us and WE WANT OUR SCHOOL BACK!! NO MORE UNJUST ARRESTS!!!

For more information contact Christal West (MEChA de UC Davis) at: christal@nationalmecha.org

D-Q University Update: Arrests of Students and Elders

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:59:42 -0800

As it was agreed at the resolution circle at the last National Conference, we stand in solidarity with the students of DQ University. It is now time to take further action, as a series of events unfolded early this morning.

On Sunday night there was news that the Board of Trustees had hired a locksmith to come and change the locks on campus, and that the Sheriff's department would be there to make sure the students were taken out to insure the locks were changed.

2008 SLAP Week of Action Begins

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:15:02 -0800

The video above is from the National MEChA action in support of Blue Diamond workers in Sacramento, CA on Friday, March 21, 2008. During the Sunday resolution circle MEChA passed a resolution calling on Blue Diamond Growers to meet the demands of the demands of the workers. We will continue to follow their struggle and support workers rights.

Chican@ Idol: Do you have what it takes?

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:07:34 -0800

Do you have what it takes? Participate in this year's Chican@ Idol at the 2008 National MEChA Conference! Show off your talent and represent for your chapter! Sign-up forms can be downloaded from the conference forms page. The deadline to submit forms is March 12, 2008. Make sure to spread the word! You can also download the flyer image and post it on your favorite social networking site.

2008 Frederick A. Cervantes Premio Recipient

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:31:32 -0800

Joaquín Castañeda of MEChA de CSUS has been named the 2008 Frederick A. Cervantes Undergraduate Premio recipient. The announcement comes in the Pre-Conference issue of Noticias de NACCS.

Joaquín will present his work during the student plenary on Friday, March 21, 2008 at the NACCS conference in Austin, TX. His paper is entitled: "The Oak Park Redevelopment Plan Housing Policy Implications for a Community Undergoing Early Stage Gentrification.â"