MEChA
de Auraria -
Todas y Todos Somos Aztlan. This is our reaffirmation of
our homeland, our identification as unified peoples who
are not foreign to the area that is today known as the United
States of America. We acknowledge that Aztlan is our birthplace
and the birthplace of our movimiento. It is through the
Plan de Aztlan that we conclude “...that social, economic,
cultural, and political independence is the only road to
total liberation from oppression, exploitation and racism.”
Todas y Todos Somos Aztlan is our way to resist our European
colonization, “…the land belongs to those who
plant the seeds, water the fields, and gather the crops.
We do not recognize the capricious frontiers on the bronze
continent.” We are consecrating the determination
of our peoples and opposing the institutions that oblige
us to be slaves to the dominant, oppressive routine. Todas
y Todos Somos Aztlan is our philosophy of indigenismo which
compliments the unification of our people throughout the
entire continent, regardless of our geo-political nationality,
affectional/sexual orientation/desire, sex, gender, race,
class, ability and age. The Calpulli Montañas del
Norte Region has chosen Todas y Todos Somos Aztlan: Nuestra
Historia, Nuestra Cultura, Nuestro Futuro as the theme for
the 2007 National MEChA Conference being held at the Auraria
campus in Denver, Colorado.
Nuestra Historia is what guides us. It is the basis of our
consciousness and of our actions. It is through our stories
that we establish our way of thought, our indigenismo. Our
stories teach us the way of our peoples and it is through
our stories that we gain the background and strength to
liberate ourselves. We have chosen to include our stories
as part of our theme because of the importance it has in
our movimiento.
Nuestra Cultura enlightens us and unifies us. Our culture
is our identification as Nican Tlaca (here people, indigenous).
Nuestra Cultura is “…the moral backbone of our
movement” and it is the most powerful weapon we have
to defeat the existing foundation of repression. Our culture
instructs to politicize, socialize, educate and mobilize
ourselves and others in the ideas of el movimiento and to
educate one another through our cultura on our struggle
for justicia and self-determination. It is through our culture
that we gain our commitment to social justice.
Nuestro Futuro is the continuance of our movimiento. Our
loyalty to it enables us to strive for social justice and
to trust that the future will see an end to oppression in
all its forms. Our indigenismo teaches us that el movimiento
is a never-ending cycle, and that we are part of a collective
whole, unified by our ideals. Our teachings will result
in the self-determination of our community which is the
only acceptable mandate for social and political action.
Nuestro Futuro is the answer to change our economic slavery,
political exploitation, ethnic and cultural psychological
destruction, denial of civil and human rights in a heterocentric
society. The institutions of our future will serve our peoples
and not have our peoples serving the institutions.
Todas y Todos somos Aztlan is not only our proud heritage
but also our resistance to our colonization. We Nican Tlaca,
declare our independence: “we are a nation, we are
a union of free pueblos.” Todas y Todos somos Aztlan.
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