Chicana Participation and Involvement [Caption title]
- Los Angeles, CA: Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, Inc, 1974
Los Angeles, CA: Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, Inc, 1974. Very good +. Corner-stapled packet of six 11" x 8½" leaves. Very good plus: minimal edge wear; a few faint creases.
This is a rare proposal for a project aimed at uplifting and supporting Chicana high school students in Los Angeles. It was implemented by the Chicana Service Action Center (CSAC), a venture of the Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional (CFMN), the first national Chicana feminist organization in the United States.
CFMN was formed during the 1970 Mexican American National Issues Conference in Sacramento, California. Founding president Francisca Flores was already known for her Chicana activist work; she had organized a group for female veterans of the Mexican Revolution in the 1920s, co-founded the Mexican American Political Association in 1960 and ran a feminist magazine called Regeneración. Believing the Chicano Movement to not properly address the rights and needs of women, she initiated CFMN to help women attain positions of leadership, spread information about Chicana achievements and promote programs to benefit women and their families. In 1972 CFMN developed CSAC to train low-income women for jobs in Los Angeles, and at the National Women's Conference in 1977 they were recognized as "the leading Latina organization in the United States." While some of their ventures continue to this day, the group itself disbanded in 1995.
This packet is printed on CFMN stationery (listing Francisca Flores as director) and proposes a project targeting tenth grade students at L.A.'s Garfield High. The stated goal was to enable the girls to "demonstrate a positive attitude toward oneself, home, community and/or school" via "individual counseling," group discussions, guest speakers, a "field trip" to work with disadvantaged youth and "remedial aid in language arts." It holds the proposed budget to facilitate collegeaged "work-study tutors" as well as details on intended methods and a photocopied calendar with the handwritten first month's schedule.
Not recorded in OCLC. UC Santa Barbara holds a collection of CFMN records but it is unclear whether this item is represented.
This is a rare proposal for a project aimed at uplifting and supporting Chicana high school students in Los Angeles. It was implemented by the Chicana Service Action Center (CSAC), a venture of the Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional (CFMN), the first national Chicana feminist organization in the United States.
CFMN was formed during the 1970 Mexican American National Issues Conference in Sacramento, California. Founding president Francisca Flores was already known for her Chicana activist work; she had organized a group for female veterans of the Mexican Revolution in the 1920s, co-founded the Mexican American Political Association in 1960 and ran a feminist magazine called Regeneración. Believing the Chicano Movement to not properly address the rights and needs of women, she initiated CFMN to help women attain positions of leadership, spread information about Chicana achievements and promote programs to benefit women and their families. In 1972 CFMN developed CSAC to train low-income women for jobs in Los Angeles, and at the National Women's Conference in 1977 they were recognized as "the leading Latina organization in the United States." While some of their ventures continue to this day, the group itself disbanded in 1995.
This packet is printed on CFMN stationery (listing Francisca Flores as director) and proposes a project targeting tenth grade students at L.A.'s Garfield High. The stated goal was to enable the girls to "demonstrate a positive attitude toward oneself, home, community and/or school" via "individual counseling," group discussions, guest speakers, a "field trip" to work with disadvantaged youth and "remedial aid in language arts." It holds the proposed budget to facilitate collegeaged "work-study tutors" as well as details on intended methods and a photocopied calendar with the handwritten first month's schedule.
Not recorded in OCLC. UC Santa Barbara holds a collection of CFMN records but it is unclear whether this item is represented.
Details
Title
Chicana Participation and Involvement [Caption title]
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, Inc: Los Angeles, CA
Date
1974