Remezcla https://remezcla.com Our Thing Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:53:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com 144 144 Why Student Group MEChA’s Proposed Name Change Has Set Off a Fierce, Multi-Generational Debate https://remezcla.com/features/culture/mecha-name-change-debates/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 22:25:52 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=259334 It began in the last few days of March as internet whispers about a possible name change for the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán (MEChA), and by this week had transformed into contentious, multi-generational debates about the past and future of the Chicano movement. On Wednesday, the Associated Press confirmed that 50-year-old organization MEChA might

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