El Sexto Sol de MEChA has sponsored or
participated in the following events:
Events on Campus
Cesar Chavez Week, (Mar 99)
1998 SouthEast Tejaztlan Regional Conference (Oct 98)
150 Years of Occupation, Remembering the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Feb 98)
1996 MEChA National Conference (Apr 96)
Noche Chicana featuring Blanco y Negro (Feb 96)
Student’s Rights Rally (Apr 95)
El Sol: La Voz Chicana Newsletter (Apr 95)
Columbus Day Protest (Oct 94 to present)
Dies y Seiz de Septiembre (Sept 94 - annually)
Cinco de Mayo (May 94 - annually)
Rally against Proposition 187 (Nov 94)
Chicano Film Festival (Oct 94 to present)
Daniel Osuna’s Presentation (Oct 94)
Events in the Community
Lock-in Presentation to high school students, Mission (May 99)
Marcha for Cesar Chavez Birthday as State Holiday, San Antonio (98-99)
Dia de la Raza Marcha, Austin (97-98)
Citizenship classes at the UFW (96 to present)
Blanket and Clothes Drive (Dec 96)
MEChA Presentation at Donna High School (Mar 95)
MEChA Presentation at Youth Gathering (Mar 95)
Marched against Proposition 187 (Dec 94)
Volunteered at CineSol Film Festival (94 and 95)
Security at UFW Marches, San Juan (94 to present)
Conferences
1999 Medicine and Energy Conference, Casa de Colores, (Jun 99)
1998 MEChA National Conference, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
1997 MEChA National Conference, MSU-East Lansing, Mi
1996 MEChA National Conference, UTPA-Edinburg, Tx
1995 MEChA National Conference, UC-Berkeley, Ca
1994 MEChA National Conference, ASU-Tempe, Az
1997 SouthEast Tejaztlan Regional Conference, UT-Austin
MEChA Regional Meetings (through out Texas)
1995 Tejano Student Unity Weekend, Arlington
1994 Tejano Student Unity Weekend, San Marcos
National Association of Chicano/Chicana Studies (NACCS), Chicago (Mar 96)
RGV’s 13 th Annual United Farm Workers Convention, McAllen (Feb 96)
Four Winds Youth & Elder Gathering, Casa de Colores, Brownsville (Dec 95 - Annually)