Hello,
It is our pleasure to announce that M.E.Ch.A. de UO will be hosting the 7th annual Raza Unida Youth Conference (RUYC) on February 23, 2011. As you may already know the RUYC is an all day event where we invite Latina/o high school students from Lane County and other parts of the state to come to our campus and participate in a day filled with workshops, Keynotes, a campus tour and the building of relationships. The purpose of the RUYC is to empower youth and give them the necessary tools to access higher education while also giving them an introduction into important issues that are constantly affecting Latino/a and marginalized communities. Last year with your departments help, we hosted nearly 500 students that made the day a great success. This year with your financial commitment and support, we are expecting to improve and make the experience of the students even more memorable and life changing.
The motto of Raza Unida Youth Conference for the year of 2011 is Educacion; El Derecho De La Raza! (Education; The Right of The People!). With this in mind, this year’s conference theme will be Immigration through the Eyes de La Mujer (Immigration through the eyes of women).
Thank you to Community members, university students and faculty members that submitted a workshops for the RUYC. We are no longer accepting any workshops after today (2/17/2011) if you have any questions feel free to contact me at andreina@uoregon.edu.
On Monday (2/21/2011) all the presenters will receive information so look out for us in your email! We will see you all soon