Raul Grijalva, former member of MEChA:
MEChA’s national constitution starts out: “Chicano and Chicana students of Aztlán must take upon themselves the responsibilities to promote Chicanismo within the community, politicizing our Raza with an emphasis on indigenous consciousness to continue the struggle for the self-determination of the Chicano people for the purpose of liberating Aztlán.”
Grijalva is not the only elected official who is a former member of Mecha. I would bet that a overwelming majority of the Mexican American elected officials here in California are Mechistas. Mecha indoctrination begins in middle school. That is where the young punks learn how to walk out of class and march under the Mexican flag. They can barely read and cannot perform basic arithmetic, but they have great self esteem.