MEChA de Yale @ Mount Holyoke

by Karla Maradiaga, JE ’15 As a junior at Yale who had yet to attend any conferences, I was not sure what to expect at the last ECCSF conference at Mount Holyoke. Thoughts of speeches given by prominent professors and activists came to mind. But the Mount Holyoke conference was much more than that. The conference consisted of several workshops and events that fostered a discussion about the current issues that Chicanos and Latinos face today. One…

Mechista of the Week: Juan Díaz

Juan Díaz, Class of 2015 Residential College: Morse College Hometown: Atlantic City, NJ High School: Atlantic City High School Why did you join MEChA? I joined MEChA because I wanted to get involved with the Latino community, but also do it in a socially conscious way. I knew that MEChA did a lot of cool stuff around things like immigration, worker’s rights, and other community issues, and I wanted to be involved. It has…

Mechista of the Week: Adriana Embus

Adriana Embus, Class of 2017 Residential College: Timothy Dwight College (“the BEST!”) Hometown: Columbus, Georgia High School: Brookstone School Why did you join MEChA? When I first visited Yale, La Casa Cultural was one of the deciding factors, and subsequently the diverse student groups it had to offer. Once I heard about MEChA de Yale, I knew I had to be in it; the energy and passion every single one of the members had…

New Haven Immigration Reform March

On April 9, MEChA de Yale marched in solidarity with the New Haven community, members of the Black Student Alliance at Yale, the Association of Native Americans at Yale and Students Unite Now. Students marched from Beinecke Plaza to the New Haven Green during the National Day of Action for fair immigration reform with a realistic path to citizenship. The march was organized by the Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance.