[Vision2020] Re: Blast from the Past

[Donatelo Juan]

MeCHA and OELA are the two student organizations on the U of I campus.  They 
both were originally only chicano students, but I believe OELA has gone on 
to include all spanish speaking students.  When MeCHA came to the U of I 
campus, the number of chicano students was less than 20.  It allowed me to 
have a small piece of home.  Later when the U of I MeCHA became OELA, it 
still gave me an opportunity for that.  I was not able to visit my family as 
often I would have liked due to school work and jobs.

Mat



>
>>I have been involved with MeCHA and OELA.
>
>What are MeCHA and OELA?  I discovered what they literally are on
>Google, but what do they mean to you?
>
>>I guess some of you will accuse me of being a traitor to my race.
>
>Race traitor?  Puh-lease!  None of us here are that reactionary.

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