Word: de
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Those making the award described Quinones and Jimenez--founding members of Equipo de Apoyo En Saludy Educacion Comunitaria (EAPSEC) and largely self-trained health workers--as heroes who risked their lives to provide health services to the poor in Chiapas...
Oscar Ramos '01, a member of RAZA and Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan, says if the group were only for Mexican-American students, "only so many Chicanos would show up at Mesa...
There is, however, an alternative to the prevalent dichotomy. This alternative, which I will call the "empowerment" model, draws its strength from elements of both the "political" and "de-political" paradigms. In this model, the council addresses both large and small issues, but in such a way that it actively engages the student body. Instead of attempting to influence University policy through direct lobbying, it brings substantive issues back to its constituents in order to facilitate public deliberation and student activism. Working closely with other student organizations, it fosters a greater sense of campus community as well as regained legitimacy...
...this sense, the impetus behind the "de-politicized" view--that students care only about shuttle service and frozen yogurt--is flawed. In fact, rather than decrease student apathy, a "de-politicized" council has actually increased it. "You can only get excited about cable TV for so long," remarked one council member last year...
...umbrella organization, the council has near-limitless potential. As an organization that actively engages the student body--instead of simply relying on them as a source of superficial legitimacy--it can transcend being labeled as "political" or "de-political." A council that empowers its constituency also empowers itself...