In 1968, Dr. José Villa was a freshman at the University of Oregon.  There, he helped start a student group called the Chicano Student Union that would forever change his life. Why was this group needed? We were looking at increasing the enrollment of Mexican-American students at the University of Oregon.  Out of almost 15,000 students, we maybe had 15 to 20 Mexican-American students.  We went through the University’s Student Association to request funding for an office.  Thr

Dear Reader, East Coast Migrant Head Start Project is proud to announce we were named the 2019 Southeast Regional Affiliate of the Year by UnidosUS (formerly known as National Council of La Raza).  We will receive the recognition at the UnidosUS Conference, which is being held this year in San Diego, California, on August 3-6, 2019.  Along with the recognition, ECMHSP will receive an award of $5,000. Now in its 37th year, the UnidosUS Affiliate Awards recognize community-base