El Sexto Sol de MEChA
1201 W. University Dr. UC 205 · Edinburg, TX · 78539

Ph: (956) 583-3391 (Juan Rodriguez)
Fax: (956) 384-5096 Attn: MEChA
E-mail: UTPA MEChA's E-Mail
http://www.panam.edu/orgs/mecha

Meetings are held every Tuesday and Thursday
at the SBSC Building Rm 121 at 12:00 to 1:00 pm.

Tuesday's meetings are informal, more like platicas where we can discuss MEChA philosophies and current projects. Thursday's meeting are when minutes and attendance are taken. Any business and voting will be done on Thursdays unless otherwise decided by the organization.
History
El Sexto Sol de MEChA is one of the most active student organizations at the Universtiy of Texas-Pan American. We have always been at the forefront of student activism and student rights since our chapter was created. We promote our Mexican heritage by celebrating El Dia de la Raza, El Diez y Seis de Septiember, El Cinco de Mayo and other Mexican holidays. Our main purpose is the education of Chicanos and Chicanas in our communities.
El Sexto Sol de MEChA was established at the University of Texas-Pan American on October of 1994. Before then, the group was know as El Sol, a Chicano student organization that lacked sprirituality and activism. About 10 members of El Sol went to the 1994 MEChA National Conference in Tempe, Arizona. There they met with many Chicano activist and students that shared the same idealogies as those of the members of El Sol. This inspired the participating members to become affliated with MEChA. The members of El Sol voted to adopted El Plan de Santa Barbara and the philosophies of MEChA and rewrote El Sol's constitution to that of El Sexto Sol de MEChA.
A year later, 13 members of El Sexto Sol de MEChA participated in the 1995 MEChA National Conference in Berkeley, California. During this conference, El Sexto Sol de MEChA accomplished two things:
1) the creation of the SouthEast Tejaztlan Region and
2) won the bid to host the 1996 MEChA National Conference.
Documents
 El Sexto Sol de MEChA's Constitution - adopted in the Fall of 1994.
MEChA National Constitution - adopted at the 1995 MEChA National Conference.
SouthEast Tejaztlan Regional Constitution - adopted at The University of the Incarnate Word.
El Plan de Santa Barbara - defines what MEChA is.
El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan/Plan of Action - reclaimed the word Chicano.
MEChA Philosophy Papers - points out MEChA's stands on certain issues.