MEChA de Vassar

12/07/2016

Y'all should come to this lecture in Taylor Hall 203 at 5pm!!!! La Cabanita will be served too

11/19/2016

Buenos días, compañerxs! We are so excited to be kicking off ECCSF this weekend-- be sure to follow all the fun by adding us on snapchat .vassar (also check out our amazing geotag filter designed by Adriel Alfaro available in Rocky & Deece/UpC)

11/12/2015

To the black students and other students of color at Mizzou, we, MEChA de Vassar, stand with you in solidarity. To those who would threaten your sense of safety, we are watching.

11/01/2015

MEChistas celebrating Día de los Mu***os with Middle Main!

10/29/2015

This week, Poughkeepsie celebrates Dia de los Mu***os!

We'll be providing rides for the Grand Celebration on Sunday, November 1st. Meet us in front of Main starting at 4 to get a ride! We'll be leaving every hour on the hour until 7pm.

Check out the schedule of events below and the facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/447321955452177/

10/20/2015

"..At an immigrant detention center in El Paso, Texas, 54 South Asian asylum seekers have launched a hunger strike to demand a halt to deportations and investigations into unfair hearings. The strike began Wednesday. Since then, organizers say nine of the hunger strikers have been released, while one of the leaders of the strike was 'beaten up in front of other detainees and dragged away, likely to solitary confinement.' The asylum seekers have been detained for as long as 11 months." !!

And at an immigrant detention center in El Paso, Texas, 54 South Asian asylum seekers have launched a hunger strike to demand a halt to deportations and investigations into unfair hearings. The strike began Wednesday. Since then, organizers say nine of the hunger strikers have been released, while o…

09/29/2015

"When we talk about undocumented immigrants, who are we leaving behind?

That’s a central question for poet Sonia Guiñansaca, who was undocumented for 21 years after moving from Ecuador to Harlem. In 2007, Guiñansaca came out as undocumented and began organizing migrant and undocumented communities of color. Several years later, she launched Dreaming in Ink, the first creative writing workshop for undocumented youth in New York City, and founded the UndocuMic series, an inter-generational performance space for undocumented writers."

Poet Sonia Guiñansaca. Photo by Nye'Lyn Tho When we talk about undocumented immigrants, who are we leaving behind? That’s a central question for poet Sonia

09/26/2015

Today in Mexico City, thousands are marching to demand answers and stand in solidarity, a year after 43 students went missing in Iguala, Guerrero.

Please join us today on the Library Lawn at 7pm for a vigil to honor the 43 students and those affected by state sponsored violence in Mexico and U.S. involvement.

09/17/2015

"Sin Embargo reports that el Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense (EAAF) told the parents of the missing 43 that it is very unlikely that any of the remains belonged to de la Cruz. The Mexican government’s contradictory statement came on the heels of an Inter-American human rights investigation disputing the official account given by the government. Independent experts found that evidence does not support that the bodies were incinerated. Though the Mexican government stuck by their story, they said they would begin a new investigation to get some real answers."

Mexico's state attorney general Arely Gómez González has said that the remains of a second student have been identified.

09/15/2015

"Bianca Borrego went to a gynecologist appointment at the Northeast Women’s Healthcare Clinic in Atascocita, Texas with her two daughters, 22 and 8 years old. When Clinic staff told her they needed to update her records, Blanca, being undocumented, handed them a fake driver’s license.

The clinic staff then took it upon themselves to keep Blanca and her children in the waiting room while the Sheriff’s department arrived and arrested Blanca. As the Harris County Sheriffs walked her out of the clinic, handcuffed, they told her daughters, 'She’s going to get deported.'"

Please sign the petition pressuring the Harris County Jail to release Bianca and to stop them from deporting her!

Sign here to stop the deportation of Blanca Borrego, who was turned over to the Sheriff's department for using a fake ID. As the Harris County Sheriffs walked her out of the clinic, handcuffed, they told her daughters, "She's going to get deported."

09/06/2015

¡Orgullosxs de ser Latinxs!
Welcome first years, and welcome back everyone else!

09/06/2015

Join us at TH 80 now for the PLEChA Piñata Party!!