Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Chicanos Por La Causa, or CPLC, is a non-profit organization based in Arizona founded in 1969. It is a statewide community development corporation (CDC). It has staff of nearly 900 and impacts more than 2,000,000 people every year throughout Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and California.
She became involved with their group, which became Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC). [2] Cruz helped found Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) in 1969. [ 1 ] Cruz served on CPLC's Board of Directors until she was hired by the organization.
Abraham F. Arvizu (standing, far right) and family, including Ramon Arvizu. Abraham F. Arvizu, or Abe Arvizu Sr. [1] (1928–1988), was a pioneering community activist and youth developer from Phoenix, Arizona, and is credited with being the President and "driving force" of the Southside Catholic Youth Center, the forerunner of the Barrio Youth Project [2], impacting thousands of South Phoenix ...
La Causa” means "the cause" for which the Brown Berets fight. [38] A variation of the patch was developed in the late 1970s that reads Aztlan instead of La Causa. Aztlan is the Chicanos' historical nation; those who wear this patch are committed to fighting for that nation. [38]
Chicanos Por La Causa; Citizens Against UFO Secrecy; Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; Cross-Cultural Dance Resources; E. Equality Arizona; F.
Guadalupe Huerta was one of the first people to be elected to the board of Chicanos Por La Causa, a Hispanic advocacy group, and was re-elected to this position numerous times. She ably served in this capacity from 1978 to 1993, when she was made a lifelong honorary member after her failing health forced her to retire.
This group eventually evolved into Young Chicanos For Community Action, then later as the Brown Berets, still fighting for Chicano equality in California. [4] Esparza graduated 12th grade in 1967, and enrolled at University of California, Los Angeles , [ 5 ] where he and fellow Chicano students continued organizing protests.
The Crusade for Justice was an urban rights and Chicano cultural urban movement during the 1960s focusing on social, political, and economic justice for Chicanos. [4] Gonzales convened the first-ever Chicano Youth Liberation Conference in 1968, which was poorly attended due to timing and weather conditions.