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CEMA 31
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Title: Confederation of La Raza Organizations collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 31
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 linear feet
(2 boxes, 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1975-1980
Abstract: This collection consists of two series that document the history of the Confederation of La Raza Organizations within Santa
Barbara. It is mostly comprised of newsletters, publications, action plans, announcements, and correspondence from the organization.
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Confederation of La Raza Organizations Collection, CEMA 31. Department of Special Collections, UC
Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Processed by Carmelita Pickett; completed August 2001
Donated by the Center for Chicano Studies, circa 1980
In the late 1970's several local Latino advocacy groups in Santa Barbara united to form C.O.R.O. (Confederation of La Raza
Organizations). C.O.R.O. began with over one hundred members representing a spectrum of Spanish-speaking groups, which included
the Association of Mexican American Educators, Casa-Hermandad General de Trabajadores, CINAC, La Casa de la Raza, El Congreso,
La Escuela Tiburcio Vasquez, Hermanas Mujeres Unidas, Migrant Parents Council, SBCC Junta Directiva, and the UCSB Chicano
Caucus. The creation of C.O.R.O. symbolized the need for a unified voice to assert the needs of the Mexican/Chicano population
in Santa Barbara. C.O.R.O. identified employment, housing, social services, legal assistance, and education as pressing key
issues that would be addressed by the organization. C.O.R.O. recognized that the Mexican/Chicano community needed political
clout and solidarity in order to challenge the status quo of Santa Barbara.
The collection includes newsletters, government publications, action plans, announcements and correspondence and news articles.
It is arranged in two series.
Series I: Organizational Activity is arranged alphabetically by folder title. This series consists of fifteen folders. The series contains statistical data
and information on government sponsored housing resources for communities, government publications related to community development,
and federal housing laws.
Series II: Newsletters and Publications is arranged alphabetically by folder title; it provides important material that document C.O.R.O.'s fight for equal housing,
civil rights, and education. It includes numerous news articles and newsletters that document boycotts, school reform, zoning
and housing proposals that affected the Mexican/Chicano community in Santa Barbara during the late nineteen seventies. The
oversize box contains several issues of
Today, a Goleta community newspaper.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence
Mexican Americans -- California -- Santa Barbara
Mexican Americans -- Economic conditions
Mexican Americans -- Education
Mexican Americans -- Politics and government
Mexican Americans -- Social conditions
Newsletters
Newspapers