Word: raza
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...RAZA's constitution pays tribute to its Chicano roots but emphasizes Latino solidarity. We, the members of Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA, determined to define our Mexican and Latino roots in the American political and social context, identify ourselves as Chicanos; asserting our individuality, we also declare our conviction that we are unique and distinct as a group and a people. From this collective realization, our aspirations originate. We wish to promote the objectives of Chicanos throughout the entire world, most especially at Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges. We encourage Harvard and Radcliffe to provide greater opportunities to all Chicano and Latino students...
Mesa, a weekly event for members of RAZA, Harvard's Latino/Mexican-American student group, starts at 6 p.m., but undergraduates looking for a chance to unwind and have dinner with friends after a long week kept trickling in well past...
Mesa, a tradition that preceded RAZA and helped lead to its formation, also helps keep the group strong 25 years after several Harvard undergraduates were inspired by the civil rights movement to found an organization for students of Mexican-American heritage...
...students began with the small organizational attempts of meeting once a week for the ever-popular Mesa," Rosa Rosalez '01, the group's representative to the Harvard Foundation, told RAZA members last term as they celebrated their 25th anniversary. "In doing so, they began to grow as a group and stretch the legs of a newfound collective identity...
...while RAZA may have been formed with a Mexican-American constituency in mind, the group has expanded over the last 25 years to encompass Latino students on campus as well...