Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago

List of Abbreviations, Organizations, and Programs

Abbreviations, Organizations, and Programs Acronyms APO Asociación Pro–Derechos Obreros (Association for Workers Rights) ATM August Twenty-Ninth Movement BPP Black Panther Party CAMI/CAMY Comité Anti-Militarización (Anti-Militarization Committee)/Committee Against the Militarization of Youth CAR Committee Against Racism CASA-HGT Centro de Acción Social Autónoma—Hermandad General de Trabajadores (Center for Autonomous Social Action—General Brotherhood of Workers) CBSU Chicano-Boricua Student Union CCHE Coordinating Council for Higher Education CMSU Chicano-Mexicano Student Union CP/CPUSA Communist Party / Communist Party USA CPS Chicago Public Schools CSC Community Safety Committee (María Saucedo Safety Committee) CSFS Committee in Support of the Farah Strikers CTA Chicago Transit Authority CTM Confederación de Trabajadores Mexicanos (Confederation of Mexican Workers) i-xxx_1-226_Rami.indd 17 8/19/11 10:54 AM xviii . acronyms, organizations, programs Cuadro El Cuadro Latinoamericano (Latin American Group) El Comité–MINP El Comité—Movimiento de Izquierda Nacional Puertorriqueño (The Committee—Puerto Rican National Left Movement) FALN Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (Armed Forces of National Liberation) FLOC Farm Labor Organizing Committee FPCC Fair Play for Cuba Committee FUSP Federación Universitaria Socialista Puertorriqueña (Puerto Rican Socialist Federation of the University) InCAR International Committee Against Racism IRC Independent Radical Caucus (WSA-SDS) JOC Juventud Obrera Católica (Young Catholic Worker) LADO Latin American Defense Organization LARES Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services LARP Latin American Recruitment Program (now LARES) LAST Latin American Studies (now LALS, Latin American and Latino Studies program at UIC) LASU Latin American Student Union LRUP La Raza Unida Party (in Illinois, El Partido de La Raza Unida) LULAC League of United Latin American Citizens LYHS Latino Youth High School MACE Mexican American Council on Education MEChA Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán) MeSA Mexican Students of Aztlán MSC María Saucedo Committee (Comité María Saucedo) MTO Mexican Teachers Organization NACCS National Association of Chicano and Chicana Studies (previously National Association of Chicano Studies) NEIU Northeastern Illinois University NLF National Liberation Front (Vietnam) NOW National Organization of Women OLAS Organization of Latin American Students OTEP Organización de Teatros del Pueblo (Organization of People’s Theaters) PLM Partido Liberal Mexicano (Mexican Liberal Party) PNCC Pilsen Neighbors Community Council i-xxx_1-226_Rami.indd 18 8/19/11 10:54 AM acronyms, organizations, programs · xix PLP/PL Progressive Labor Party / Progressive Labor PSP Puerto Rican Socialist Party RCOCC Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Cultural Center / Rafael CintronOrtiz Latino Cultural Center, University of Illinois at Chicago RCP Revolutionary Communist Party (previously RU) RU Revolutionary Union RYM I Revolutionary Youth Movement I (Weatherman) RYM II Revolutionary Youth Movement II SDS Students for a Democratic Society SELA Sociedad Estudiantil Latinoamericana (Society of Latin American Students) SMC Student Mobilization Committee SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SWP Socialist Workers Party TFWU Texas Farm Workers Union UFAI United Front Against Imperialism UFW United Farm Workers UIC University of Illinois at Chicago UICC University of Illinois at Chicago Circle UIMC University of Illinois Medical Center UIUC University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign U-M University of Michigan UNO United Neighborhood Organization UPRS Union for Puerto Rican Students YIP Youth International Party (Yippie) YLO Young Lords Organization (Chicago) YLP Young Lords Party (New York) YPO Young Patriots Organization YSA Young Socialist Alliance (SWP youth group) WCYC With Chicanos You Can (Radio Arte) WSA Worker Student Alliance WUO Weather Underground Organization (previously Weatherman) Other Groups, Organizations, and Programs La Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres (Federal Alliance of Independent Communities) i-xxx_1-226_Rami.indd 19 8/19/11 10:54 AM xx . acronyms, organizations, programs Brown Berets Casa Aztlán El Centro de la Causa (Latin American Youth Center) Chicano Mental Health Clinic Chispa (Spark) Círculo de Obreros Católicos (Circle of Catholic Workers) Comité, The (Chicago Pilsen activist network) Kalpulli (Community) Mujeres Latinas en Acción (Latina Women in Action) National Teacher Corps Pana Pa’ Ti (Partner for You) Pilsen Community Planning Council Right to Read program Spanish Action Committee of Chicago Teatro de los Barrios or Teatro del Barrio (community theater, people’s theater) United Slaves Young Men’s Christian Association i-xxx_1-226_Rami.indd 20 8/19/11 10:54 AM ...