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1971-05-28 ""La Raza"" Page 1

                            LA RAZA UNIDA

                         Issues Conference
                             to be held at
                        St. Ambrose College
                          518 W. Locust St.
                           Devenport,Iowa

                Saturday,June 5 8a.m. - 5p.m.

                WHAT IS LA RAZA UNIDA?

La Raza Unida is a blending of new family of God.It is a ground swell movement of Mexican-American solidarity throught the Sowthwest comprising a loose fellowship of some two or three hundred civic,social,cultural,religious and political groups.It has come about because of the deeply felt need among Mexicans to dramatize their plight as a disadvantaged minority;to assert their rights as first- rate citizens; and to assume their rightful share of the social,economic,educational and political opportunities guaranteed by by the Americans; the Indian, and all the other immigrants from throughout the earth, who since the time of columbus have come to the new world in search of a new creation . hence, it is not surprising that south of the Rio Grande, October 12 is not so much Columbus' Day as it is "El Dia De tendency to. There is then, today, a tendency to glorify "La Raza" simply because "La Raza" ,  as universalistic term, points to a number of precious human values. Among them, deference to aged, giving of self for the country, and love for the fraternity of all peoples. 

When members of LA RAZA denounce the "gringo" or "the Anglo system" they are doing no more than joining of their voices to the multitude of Anglos who also deplore the current illness of the national way of life, recently exposed in all its ugliness in the report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders.With regard to the Church and LA RAZA UNIDA, it seems that never before in the history of Mexicans in the United States is the need as great for the involvement of the  Church,and never has appreciation for the help of the Church, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, been so great.

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LA RAZA UNIDA Issues Conference to be held at St. Ambrose College 518 W. Locust St. Devenport,Iowa Saturday,June 5 8a.m. - 5p.m. WHAT IS LA RAZA UNIDA? La Raza Unida is a blending of new family of God.It is a ground swell movement of Mexican-American solidarity throught the Sowthwest comprising a loose fellowship of some two or three hundred civic,social,cultural,religious and political groups.It has come about because of the deeply felt need among Mexicans to dramatize their plight as a disadvantaged minority;to assert their rights as first- rate citizens; and to assume their rightful share of the social,economic,educational and political opportunities guaranteed by by the Americans; the Indian, and all the other immigrants from throughout the earth, who since the time of columbus have come to the new world in search of a new creation . hence, it is not surprising that south of the Rio Grande, October 12 is not so much Columbus' Day as it is "El Dia De tendency to. There is then, today, a tendency to glorify "La Raza" simply because "La Raza" , as universalistic term, points to a number of precious human values. Among them, deference to aged, giving of self for the country, and love for the fraternity of all peoples. When members of LA RAZA denounce the "gringo" or "the Anglo system" they are doing no more than joining of their voices to the multitude of Anglos who also deplore the current illness of the national way of life, recently exposed in all its ugliness in the report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders.With regard to the Church and LA RAZA UNIDA, it seems that never before in the history of Mexicans in the United States is the need as great for the involvement of the Church,and never has appreciation for the help of the Church, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, been so great.