This is a timeline showing Latinx students and organizations’ activities at the University of Oregon since the 1960s.
1964, Chican@ students at the University of Oregon created and founded the Chicano Student Union. 
1964, Chican@ students at the University of Oregon created and founded the Chicano Student Union. 
1969, the Chicano Student Union at the University of Oregon joined Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) after attending the 1st national Chicano conference in Santa Barbara, CA. 
1969, the Chicano Student Union at the University of Oregon joined Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) after attending the 1st national Chicano conference in Santa Barbara, CA. 
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) is a first step to tying the student groups throughout the Southwest into a vibrant and responsive network of activists that will work in harmony when initiating and carrying out campaigns of liberation for our people. 
1971, summer months and early fall, working committees of the Chicano-Indian Study Center of Oregon were formed and began functioning. 
1971, summer months and early fall, working committees of the Chicano-Indian Study Center of Oregon were formed and began functioning. 
1971, summer months and early fall, working committees of the Chicano-Indian Study Center of Oregon were formed and began functioning. 
1971, summer months and early fall, working committees of the Chicano-Indian Study Center of Oregon were formed and began functioning. 
1971, summer months and early fall, working committees of the Chicano-Indian Study Center of Oregon were formed and began functioning. 
1971, summer months and early fall, working committees of the Chicano-Indian Study Center of Oregon were formed and began functioning. 
1971, summer months and early fall, working committees of the Chicano-Indian Study Center of Oregon were formed and began functioning. 
1974, Chican@ students at the University of Oregon headed a lettuce boycott at the UO campus and called the administrators to buy union products to support fair wages for farmworkers. 
1995, Mujeres was established for the purpose of empowerment of Chicanas/Mujeres within MEChA and those that belong to other women’s groups of color. 
1995, Mujeres was established for the purpose of empowerment of Chicanas/Mujeres within MEChA and those that belong to other women’s groups of color. 
May 26, 2006, Raza Unida Youth Conference–“Educacion, Derecho de la Raza” was hosted by MEChA University of Oregon. 
May 26, 2006, Raza Unida Youth Conference–“Educacion, Derecho de la Raza” was hosted by MEChA University of Oregon. 
May 3, 2007, Raza Unida Youth Conference–“Breaking the Cycle!” was hosted by MEChA University of Oregon. 
February 24, 2009, UO MEChA presented The 5th Annual Raza Unida Youth Conference–Educacion El Derecho de la Raza! Community Awards Reception. 
February 24, 2009, UO MEChA presented The 5th Annual Raza Unida Youth Conference–Educacion El Derecho de la Raza! Community Awards Reception. 
March 19-22, 2009, 16th Annual MEChA National Conference & 40th Anniversary: Reclaiming Displaced History hosted by UO MEChA. 
March 19-22, 2009, 16th Annual MEChA National Conference & 40th Anniversary: Reclaiming Displaced History hosted by UO MEChA. 
May 4-8, 2009, UO MEChA hosted Bias Awareness Week. 
May 4-8, 2009, UO MEChA hosted Bias Awareness Week. 
May 14, 2009, UO MEChA presented the 2009 Community Awards Reception. 
From January 2009 through March 2010, a research team, from the University of Oregon, led by Dr. Lynn Stephen (Anthropology, Ethnic Studies) and Dr. Gabriela Martínez (SOJC) created the Exhibit Panels on The Latino Roots in Lane County, Oregon that were on display at the Lane County Historical Museum. These 17 bilingual (Spanish/English) panels (approximately three feet wide and five feet tall) were part of the exhibit “Changing Demographics: The People of Lane County.” The Latino Roots panels feature a timeline of Latino presence in what is now the state of Oregon beginning in the 1700s, maps, demographic information, information about Latino youth, and the stories of various families who came at different times to Lane County from California, Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Chile. 
The booklet of the 33-page bilingual “Latino Roots: In Lane County, Oregon/ Raíces Latinas del Condado de Lane, Oregon” is available for purchase of hardcopies at the University of Oregon Bookstore. It reflects the content of the original 17 panels and can be used with classes who view the panels. 
The academic year 2010-2011 was the first time the course Latino Roots I and II was offered at the University of Oregon. A sequence course developed by professors Lynn Stephen (Anthropology and Ethnic Studies) and Gabriela Martínez (School of Journalism and Communication). The course is offered during winter (Latino Roots I) and spring (Latino Roots II) and focuses during winter term on giving a historical, ethnographic, and documentary understanding of the processes of Latino immigration and settlement in Oregon in the past 200 years. In spring term, the class taught students how to produce a video documentary based on audiovisual oral history interviews and archival materials, using documentary film and journalistic techniques. 
Each student produces a documentary video telling the story of a Latino Oregonian, and in doing so the students are documenting the Latino experience in Oregon.