The departments and groups listed below include some of the opportunities for involvement:

CHICANO(A) STUDIES RESEARCH CENTER
193 Haines Hall
(310) 825-2363
www.chicano.ucla.edu

The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) serves the entire campus and supports faculty and students in the social sciences, life sciences, humanities, and the professional schools. The CSRC houses a library and special collections archive, an academic press, research projects, community-based partnerships, competative grant and fellowship programs, and the Los Tigres del Norte Fund. Current research areas include demographics, labor, education, public health, and arts and culture. In addition to the Latina/o Education Summit, the Center has published several policy briefs on educational issues. These can be downloaded at www.chicano.ucla.edu/press/briefs/archive.html.

LA GENTE
(310) 825-9836
www.studentmedia.ucla.edu
lagente@media.ucla.edu

La Gente is a quarterly student-run magazine dedicated to the empowerment and movement of the Chicano/a, Latino/a, and Native American community.

LATIN AMERICAN CENTER
10343 Bunche Hall
(310) 825-4571, (310) 825-4572
www.international.ucla.edu/lac
nmoss@international.ucla.edu

The Center encourages and coordinates interdisciplinary research, academic programs and publications pertaining to Latin America.

LATIN AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION (LASA)
146 Kerckhoff Hall
(310) 206-2631
www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/lasa
lasa@ucla.edu

LASA exists to fulfill the need for representation of the entire UCLA Latin American population. LASA invites all to learn about the beauty of the Latin American countries, their cultures and their people.

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
10373 Bunche Hall
(310) 206-6571
www.international.ucla.edu/idps

Latin American Studies is an interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree program which allows students to choose from a broad range of course offerings in various departments to develop professional and methodological skills with area expertise. A Latin American Studies minor is also offered.

MEChA
414 Kerckhoff Hall
(310) 206-6452

MEChA, the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan is an undergraduate student organization that advocates for the needs of Raza students at UCLA. All are welcome to join the student movement of the Chicana/o movement.

MEChA CALMECAC
Student Activities Center, Suite 105
(310) 825-5969
www.studentretentioncenter.ucla.edu/calmecac

MEChA Calmecac is a student-initiated and student-run academic support program in the Student Retention Center. MEChA created this project in an effort to assert self-determination for collective and individual academic achievement. The goal is to increase graduation rates of Chicana/o and Latina/o students through the programs’ five components.

SOCIETY OF LATINO ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS (SOLES)
6291 Boelter Hall
(310) 206-6620
www.soles.ucla.edu/index.html
soles@seas.ucla.edu