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The raza movement
The Raza Unida Party was established on January 17, 1970, at a meeting of 300 Mexican Americans at Campestre Hall in Crystal City, Texas. José Ángel Gutiérrez and Mario Compean, who had helped found MAYO (the Mexican American Youth Organization) in 1967, were two of its principal organizers. -
The start of La raza organization
In 1968 a man named José Angel Hernández a history collage professor, started a political hispanic movement in texas and california. -
The fall of Raza
The party was considerably weakened as it entered the final and fatal 1978 election, when RUP gubernatorial candidate Mario Compean won only 15,000 votes. At the election-day fiasco in 1978, RUP lost state funds for its primary and was effectively eliminated as a party. Some historians have stated that RUP, with its various successes and failures, -
Change for the great of good
Fast forward years later , La raza became more a active organization and changed their name to Unios Us. And moved their council to los angles, With new leader Janet Murguía to help strengthen the organization . -
What is Undios Us
Now the organization is one of the world's biggest latino organization ever and serves as a team to help create a path and life for immigrants to give them a second chance . the organizations states that they are excited for their upcoming projects and have raised a total of 3 million dollars.