PRESENTATION OUTLINE
MEXICAN AMERICAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION
MEXICAN AMERICAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION. MAYO, founded in San Antonio in 1967, was for a decade the major political organization of Mexican-American youth in Texas.
It stressed Chicano cultural nationalism and preferred the techniques of direct political confrontation and mass demonstration to accomplish its goals.
They continued to bring other young people into their growing circle-mainly disaffected youths from the West Side of San Antonio and urban and farm-labor activists from around the state.
MAYO identified and addressed three needs of Mexican Americans
-economic independence
-local control of education
-political strength and unity through the formation of a third party.
The organization publicly protested the poverty and injustice faced by some Hispanics, denouncing incidents of exclusive employment policies and police brutality. It also organized walkouts in the public schools of Edcouch, Elsa, Weslaco, Crystal City, and other towns.
