There’s lots to celebrate at Chicano graduation - Cal State Bakersfield

Cal State’s Latino students are scheduled to celebrate academic success June 8 at the university’s annual Chicano Commencement at the campus’ Doré Theatre. The event was organized by the campus chapter of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, or MEChA.

MEChA’s mission is to help Hispanics succeed in higher education despite the silly attempts of the state of Arizona to brand the organization separatist and ban it from college and high school campuses. The group was born in the late 1960s, so if it really advocates violent revolt — as some of its hyperventilating critics suggest — it’s been biding its time for quite a while.

The Chicano Commencement is bilingual, has been held for more than 25 years, and 30 to 50 students typically participate, according to Professor Thomas Martinez, chairman of the university’s department of public policy and administration.”*

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