Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund records, 1967-2000, bulk Bulk, 1968-1995

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Record Group 6. Community Education and Activation Program

Identifier:
Record Group No. 6
Extent:
44.0 Linear feet (86 manuscript boxes, 1 photo-box)
Scope and content:

The folders in this record group are organized into two series: the first series, of James Perez' tenure, contains a large amount of research and planning material, while the second series contains more documentation of community activities. There are also materials from or regarding CEAP activities in the Board of Directors record group, and in the LDAP record group, especially in the files of Ralph Hurtado.

Biographical / historical:

The Community Education and Activation Project was initiated in 1976 to "help major Chicano communities ...become familiar with favorable laws and court decisions which have dramatic potential for positively affecting their lives". It was to focus on the census count, bilingual education, voting rights, and illegal immigration and the labor force because MALDEF realized that the Chicano community was often neither aware of, nor effected by MALDEF's successful litigation.

The first director of the program, James Perez, used a television campaign to inform the public about MALDEF, began a census information project, and gathered advisors and information for further activities.. He left CEAP in the summer of 1977 for an appointment in the Carter Administration. His successor, Esther Estrada, created a community-based outreach program, and oversaw the census program. Southwestern cities of varying sizes were targeted for outreach, education, and census tracking; each of the targeted communities chose their own projects, based on their respective needs. The census project was initiated in 1978 to address the problem of undercounting in the 1980 census. After the count, CEAP identified cities which had both large Hispanic populations and evidence of undercounting and then determined the extent of undercounting. When Estrada left MALDEF in March 1981, her assistant, Ralph Hurtado, who was also director of CEAP's Leadership Development and Advocacy Program, acted as director until Juan Soria was hired. Soria's tenure was short, and the following year CEAP ceased to be a separate entity and became the Leadership Development and Advocacy Program (LDAP). Sonia Melara replaced Hurtado in 1982, and although her title was Director of CEAP, the program's activities were only in the area of leadership development.

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