M.E.Ch.A. es un club para jóvenes latinos

En los años 60's un grupo de estudiantes chicanos y chicanas no se sentían que eran bien representados en las universidades y escuelas por toda la nación. M.E.Ch.A. empezó nacionalmente como una organizazión para mejorar las oportunidades de estudios de chicanos que radican en los Estados Unidos.

M.E.Ch.A. is a student organization that promotes higher education, culture and history. M.E.Ch.A. was founded on self determination for the liberation of our people. M.E.Ch.A. believes that political involvement and education is the avenue for change in our society. We as Mechistas, see the process of chicanismo as evolutionary. We recognize that no one is born chicana or chicano. chicanismo results from a decision based on out political consciounsness for our raza, to dedicate one self to building a chicana/chicano nation.

Here in Mission Bay the members of M.E.Ch.A get together every Tuesday at lunch in Mr. Villanueva's( the club advisor) classroom (#253) and they get informed of colleges they can attend in the future, they look for ways of applying to recieve scholarships, they do community service to help communities be cleaner and safer.

This year there are only two conferences they could asist at UCSD & SDSU.There they get to learn about their culture.

Mecha members asist confrences at S.D.SU & U.C.S.D where they get to learn about their ancestors.M.E.Ch.A'S next confrence will be at UCSD in february.

Here in Mission Bay there are 2 representative of each grade they are:

9 tH grade : Francisico Gomez & Melissa Jimenez

10 tH grade: Mirna Cruz & Oscar Acuna

11 tH: Sinai Cota & Bonifacio Rangel

12 tH: Nancy Cruz & Jose Bolanos

M.E.ChA'S meetings are on Tuesday in lunch time & the representative meet on Thursday afterschool to plan the agenda for the next meeting..

Mr. Villanueva, the club advisor.