50th Chicano Moratorium Committee Scholarship Fund

The growth and transformation of students encompasses education derived from real life experiences as well
as academics. Students with participation in civic and/or community activities are preferable when giving
consideration for these scholarships.

The criteria for all applications are as follows:

Students must be enrolled in six or more units with at least a 2.0 GPA to apply and must submit a
500 -word essay about a leader/event in the Chicano/a community, that has positively impacted our
quality of life by raising consciousness in our community (as listed below), with a brief description of
the applicant’s educational and/or life goals to contribute to said community.

A. Rudolfo Acuna; noted professor, CSU Northridge, author, “Occupied America”

B. Soledad “Chole” Alatorre; community and labor union activist for immigrant rights, co-
founder of La Hermandad Mexicana Nacional

C. Richard Alatorre; long-time political activist, L.A. City Council

D. Gloria Arrellanes; community activist, founder Las Adelitas (Brown Berets) & El Barrio Free
Clinic (1969), Tongva Nation Elder and tribal leader

E. Father Greg Boyle; Community priest & Founder, Homeboy Industries

F. Sal Castro; LAUSD teacher and community activist, leader of East L.A. 1968 walkouts

G. Cesar Chavez; CSO organizer, founder United Farm Workers Union

H. Humberto “Bert” Corona; labor leader, political and social activist, founder of CASA- HGT
and co-founder Hermandad Mexicana Nacional

I. Rev. Richard Estrada (Epiphany Church, Los Angeles), community activist, and founder of
Jovenes Youth Organization

J. Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez; political activist, founder of Crusade for Justice – Denver,
Colorado, and La Raza Unida Party, author/poet of “I AM JOAQUIN”

K. Jose Angel Guiterrez; political activist in Texas, co-founder La Raza Unida Party, and author

L. Dolores Huerta; labor leader & co-founder, United Farm Workers Union, Delano, Calif.

M. Nativo Vigil Lopez; Chicano activist & amp; community leader, CASA-HGT/Sin Fronteras,
Director Hermandad Mexicana Nacional Orange County/So. California

N. Gloria Molina; long-time political activist E.L.A., L.A. City Council & L.A. County Supervisor

O. Edward Roybal; 1 st Mexican American elected L.A. City Council & amp; U.S. Congressman

P. Ruben Salazar; Mexican American journalist, Los Angeles Times journalist/editor, killed by
L.A. Sheriffs on 8/29/1970 at the L.A. Chicano Moratorium protest against the Vietnam War

Q. Reis Lopez Tijerina; political activist in New Mexico, founder La Alianza Federal de
Mercedes

R. Armando “El Profe” Vasquez-Ramos; CSULB student leader, political activist, founder of La
Escuelita in Long Beach, leader of Catolicos Por La Raza, founder & amp; Director of California-
Mexico Studies Center, Inc.

OR

A 500-word essay covering an historical or present-day event that shaped the political,
economic and/or civic advancement of our community.

This may include the following:

S. The U.S. Repatriation Act (1929-39), or, Zoot Suit Riots/Sleepy Lagoon Trial (1930s)

T. Mendez vs Westminster School District lawsuit, (1947) re: desegregation of public schools

U. La Alianza Federal de Mercedes, theft of land grants in New Mexico (1960s to 1970s)

V. The UFW national grape boycott, agricultural labor contract rights (1965-69)

W. East L.A. High School walkouts (1968) & So. Calif. High School walkouts (1970)

X. The August 29, 1970 National Chicano Moratorium anti-Vietnam war protest, East L.A.

Y. Fight against forced sterilizations of Latinas/Indigenous women in the U.S. (1970s)

Z. Fights to defeat anti-immigrant legislation in the U.S., i.e. Rodino Bill (Federal,1970s),

Proposition 187 (State of Calif. 1990s), Sensenbrenner Bill (Federal, 2005-2006).