La Hermandad de O eMe Te

Washington State University

La hermandad de O eMe Te is a Nahuatl (Aztec) lettered brotherhood. O eMe Te exists to serve as a support group for its membership.

Mission Statement

»To serve as a support group for its undergraduate membership, encouraging the membership to grow, learn, mature and eventually graduate wih an undergraduate degree.

»To support and defend the human and social rights of the Chicano/Mexicano/Latino communities and all people of color.

»To instill the Four Pillars: Culture, Wisdom, Empowerment, Carnalismo and the values associated with each pillar in the hearts of O eMe Te's undergraduate Carnales.

»To increase the number of educated Chicanos/Mexicanos/Latinos with undergraduate and graduate degrees.

»To create and build a network of educated Raza whose post-collegiate political, educational, professional and business experience can be directed towards the continued empowerment of our Chicano/Mexicano/Latino communities.

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Organization Facts

On the 21st day of the first month of nineteen hundred and ninety six, four Chicano undergraduate students at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington founded La Hermandad de Oquichtli Macuilli Tonatiuh (O eMe Te).

The founding four--Christiaan-Gabriel G. Brown, Carlos Alberto Martin, Daniel Tilliano and Juan Pablo Garcia--shared a vision. That vision was to create a Hermandad of Chicano/Mixicano/Latinos that would serve as a support group for its members, and would uphold four standards: Culture, Wisdom, Empowerment and Carnalismo.

It was evident to the founding four that many Chicano/Mexicano/Latinos have lost sight of the morals, culture and familia that has sustained our Raza throughout years of struggle and survival.

The founding four saw the need for an organization that would train, teach and nurture young Chicano/Mexicano/Latino students to be prepared at all times to represent, protect and uphold the history, culture and morals of our people; to create a lifelong brotherhood bound to the highest standards of academics, self-worth, dedication and service to our Chicano/Mexicano/Latino community.

So it was on the 21st day of nineteen hundred and ninety six that the vision that brought these men together would transform to what is known today as La Hermandad do Oquichtli Macuilli Tonatiuh. La Hermandad de O eMe Te became a recognized Washington State University organization on March 7, 1996 and began to intake members in the fall of that year.

Address

Inter/National website: http://www.omtnational.org

Contacts

Chapter Email: OMTWSU@hotmail.com

President: Apolo Perez - apolocreed@hotmail.com
Advisor: Chui Martin - jjmartin@wsu.edu