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MECHA members outside of La Causa Youth Center

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Identifier	Centennial_00365
Title	MECHA members outside of La Causa Youth Center
Creator	Unknown
Date Created	circa 1969
Subject (Topic)	Mexican American students; Student organizations; College students
Subject (Name)	Loyola University of Los Angeles; Marymount College (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	Image
Form/Genre	Photographs; Portrait photographs
Physical Description	1 photograph: black and white
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Copyright Holder	Loyola Marymount University
Collection Identifier	Loyola Marymount University Archives
Item/Call Number	Prints 7E5bw
Description	Left to right: David Luna (Loyola Student), unknown, Victor Garcia (La Causa Project Director), and Antonio Jimenez (Loyola Student and La Causa Student Director).
Historical Background	According to a proposal for La Causa Youth Center, September 19 of 1969 marks the date of the formation of "La Cause Steering Committee" which consisted of David Luna, Loyola student United Mexican-American Students President, Antonio Jimenez, Loyola student and La Causa Student Director; Maria Teresa Martinez, Marymount student and United Mexican-American Students Vice-President; Reverend John W. Clark, S.J., Academic Vice-President, Loyola University; William Fitzgerald, Chairman, Political Science Department, Loyola University; Virginia Barnell, Assistant to the President, Marymount College; Grace Limon, Marymount Faculty Member; and Victor Garcia, Project Director. The objectives of La Causa included the development of language and study skills of Mexican American students between the ages of 13 - 20, cultural enrichment "based on Mexican-American literature and history with the use of relevant books, films, and lectures" as well as the improvement of recruitment and retention efforts by colleges and universities.
Cited In	Starr, Kevin. Loyola Marymount University, 1911-2011: A Centennial History. Los Angeles: Loyola Marymount University, 2011.
Image Caption	"The Chicano movement arrived at LMU during this era and resulted in the creation of new organizations and new courses in Chicano studies. In time, the designation Chicano would fade in favor of Mexican-American" --Starr, K., Loyola Marymount University 1911-2011.
Additional Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Project note	Centennial