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My name is Lorenzo Mendoza,

My research project topic will be about the La Conferencia por La Raza (National Chicana Conference). The conference took place in Houston, TX in the year 1971 and was being held at the YWCA for three days. This conference was the first Chicana conference to be held. The majority of the attendees were young college and university women. Among these attendees were notable Chicana feminist authors such as Anna Nieto Gomez, Gloria Anzaldua, Vicki Ruiz, and Marta Cortera who were also present in this conference. The topics that were discussed were racism, classism, and sexism. Organizations attending the conference included La Raza Unida Party, labor unions, the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO), and Las Hermanas. The conference focused on many different issues that Mexican-American women face in their daily lives.