Part 1: Answer the following questions from the reading of Mary Pardo. (2 points)
What caused the women of MELA to participate in a 1986 march and be part of one the largest Latino grassroots coalitions in Los Angeles?
The networks of acquaintanceship and friendships created by mothers is based on what?
Why was Assemblywoman Gloria Molina upset about a 1986 prison hearing in Sacramento?
Who created the name MELA and why?
How did the women of MELA transform the definition of mother? Use the example of MELA activist Aurora Castillo.
How did MELA expand the boundaries of motherhood?
Explain how MELA activist Juana Gutierrez links family and community as one entity.
What happened at a community meeting to discuss building an oil pipeline through East Los Angeles?
The Mexican American community in East Los Angeles has been a repository for what?
The women of MELA have defied what?
Part 2: Relate MELA with Mothers of the Movement. (3 points)
Please watch the following short video Mothers of the Movement ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHDEsIklvjs )
Relate a question from the reading with a mother from Mothers of the Movement. The response must be a minimum of five sentences. Make sure to organize your response in a paragraph.
Relate another question from the reading with another mother from Mothers of the Movement. The response must be a minimum of five sentences. Make sure to organize your response in a paragraph.
Note: Students cannot select the same question from the reading or the same mother from Mothers of the Movement twice.
Part 3: Critical Reflection or New Knowledge (3 points)
Select another question from the reading and provide your own critical reflection or the new knowledge gained. The response must be a minimum of five sentences. Organize your response in a paragraph.
Select another question from the reading and provide your own critical reflection or the new knowledge gained. The response must be a minimum of five sentences. Organize your response in a paragraph.
Note: questions cannot be the same as part 2.
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