Word: raza
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very concerned with gender issues," said Alatorre, who was elected vice-president of Raza in December but resigned shortly after because, she said, "my time was better spent as president of Latinas Unidas...
...Raza is the campus Mexican-American group and Latinas Unidas an all-female society for Latinas. Latinas Unidas and Raza are not by definition competitive organizations, since they are designed to serve different functions for the campus Latina community, Alatorre said...
...purpose is not to take women away from Raza, but to allow women to gain an experience dearer or closer to them, and then to go on to lead other organizations," she said...
Alatorre, a former Raza board member, noted that three of Raza's 12 board members are women. Although there are exceptions, she said that "Women are kept in lower positions as a general trend...It's a 'good old boys' system...
...Macarena M. Correa '00, a Raza board member, said there are more male board members because there are more male members of Raza in general. Correa said she if confident that male leaders represent the interests of Raza members--both male and female...