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Cesar E. Chavez Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction at UCLA : Our location in Los Angeles, home to the largest community of Mexican origin in the nation as well as to several other Latino groups, places us in a unique position to draw from this large and diverge population-social experiences, historical realities, cultural practices, linguistic attributes and personal-meaningful program in Chicana and Chicano Studies. We believe that our interdisciplinary program in Chicana/o Studies. We believe that our interdisciplinary program in Chicana/o Studies proves an effective environment for teaching fundamental academic skills such as critical thinking and writing, as well as for exposing students to the wide range of theories, methodologies, technologies and pedagogies that intersect the discipline. A major in Chicana/o Studies will prepare students for education in professional and academic fields in and for a variety of positions that involve community and social service in the United States and abroad. To that end, our curriculum is learner-centered, writing-intensive and academically-rigorous-rigorous-built on the strengths of the core faculty and integrating the most avant-garde scholarship in our respective fields. The Chavez Center is committed to the practice of different forms of scholarship and pedagogy and to the promotion of critical thinking about such issues as gender, sexuality, social action, language, race, ethnicity, class, assimilation/acculturation paradigms and indigenous traditions. The literary and visual arts often function as vehicles for social change and creative empowerment, so they constitute one major focus of the Chavez Center curriculum. The Cesar Chavez Center, its teaching, research and service, aims to strike a balance among the social sciences, humanities and the arts. Web Site: //www.sscnet.ucla.edu/chavez/ (or) 310.206.7695

Chicano Studies Library

Thanks to the following people:
Marcos Aguila, Luis Arroyo: Chair, Chicana/o Latina/o Studies, California State Long Beach, Elsa Bolado Fernando de Necochea, Gil Cedillo, Victor Diaz, Moctezuma Esparza, Minnie Ferguson, Ray Fernandez, Ana Garcia, Rebecca Garcia, Juan Gomez-Quinones: Professor UCLA History Department, Tamara Gomez-Quinones, Lydia Gutierrez, Jaime Lopez, Carlos Haro: Assistant Dean, International Studies and Overseas Program, Ron Lopez, Reynaldo Macias: Chair of the Cesar Chavez Center for Interdisciplinary Chicana/o Studies, Briseyda Zarate, Mary Rose Ortega, Susan Racho, Victoria Serna Roberto Sifuentes, Ray Soto, Brenda Stevenson: Chair of the UCLA History Department, Jose Urias, Irene Vasquez, Haydee Urita Scott Waugh: Dean of Social Sciences, UCLA, Carolina Vieira-Martinez, Javier Lujan, Abraham Torres, MEChA de UCLA's Raza Grad Carne Asada Committee, La Gente for photograph materials, USAC, Our Parents and Families, and Everyone who attended And all other individuals who supported El Movimiento Conference and this YPC Project Gracias a todos!!!

Raza Organization: "Education is the key unity is our Strength:" with this motto in mind Latinas Guiding Latinas was created in 1987,by three very determined mujeres from UCLA's Raza Women. Marta Jimenez, Virgina Torres, and Esperanza Truillo started LGL in response to the scarcity of Chicana/Latina women at the university level and the limited number of positive role models. LGL provides membership, parent conferences, cultural/educational field trips, critical information regarding higher education, guidance and encouragement to at-risk Latina/Chicana students grades 4th-12th at four sites: Kennedy Elementary, Belvedere Middle School, Bell, and Roosevelt High Schools. For the past twelve years, LGL has inspired and encourage at-risk Latinas/Chicanas of all ages to move forward and realize they can reach a higher education and succeed at it. We hope that LGL continues to grow and inspire Latinas/Chicanas at every educational level to achieve their personal and educational goals. lgl@ucla.edu (or) 310.825.7843

Raza Graduate Student Association seeks to create an intellectual and social community for Chicana/o and Latina/o graduate students at UCLA. Open to students in all fields of graduate study. razagrad@ucla.edu (or) 310.206.8512

Raza Womyn for 20 years has strived to play an important role in creating safe and positive spaces for mujeres. We strategies on ways to bridge the gaps and create solidarity between all women of color. Both on and off campus, Raza Womyn unites in a collective spirit to raise consciousness in order to deconstruct oppressive structures and ideologies which seek to marginalize women of color issues. Through our efforts such as our, Annual Chicana/Latina Conference; Annual Scholarship; Retreats; Zines; Workshops (addressing sexuality, academics, creative expression, and labor organizing), Raza Womyn will continue to feed the fire of a collective revolution. razawomen@asucla.ucla.edu (or) 310.825.1308

Latin American Student Association makes an active effort to address issues of Latin American cultural identity and significance. Our efforts involve programming to help educate membership and the entire UCLA community of the heterogeneity of cultural expression, significance and value of the Latin American culture. Our Latin American culture will be admired for its richness in diversity, but also understood and respected for its richness in diversity, but also understood and respected for its historical significance. LASA provides cultural, political, academic, social and community programs for ALL individuals interested in learning and sharing the Latin American culture. lasa@ucla.edu (or) 310.206.2631

La Familia-UCLA's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization by and for Latinas/os: La Familia exists b/c our experiences as a people, our historical and continued struggle for liberation gives rise to particular needs and interests which require a different framework of analysis than that of the mainstream Queer community. La Familia commits itself to self-determination, self-respect, and dignity; not just merely survival. mjg@ucla.edu (or) 310.559.5189

MEChA de UCLA's purposes include: to develop a strong support network for the academic, political and social interests of Raza students; to create a cohesive camaraderie among Raza students; to encourage political participation in meeting the needs of our communities and maintaining our commitment to it; to recognize the importance of participation and input from women in all areas; and to oppose sexism, racism, and homophobia in all forms whether blatant or institutionalized. mecha@asucla.ucla.edu