Editing MEChA (section)

===Affiliated chapters===
MEChA exists as over 400 loosely affiliated chapters within a national organization.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}} Typical activities of a MEChA chapters include educational & social activities, such as academic tutoring, mentorship, folklore and poetry recitals, exploring the way of life through an indigenous perspective bringing Chicano speakers to their campus, high school outreach, attending Statewide, Regional, & National Conferences. Many chapters are also involved in political actions, such as lobbying high school and university administrators for expanded [[Bilingual Education#United States|Bilingual Education]] programs and Chicano-related curricula, the celebration of Mexican cultural traditions, as well as other Latin American holidays (such as [[Mexican Independence Day]]), [[Columbus Day]] protests, sit-ins, hunger strikes, boycotts, rallies, marches  and other political activism relating to [[civil rights]], [[affirmative action]], and [[immigration]].