Mexican American Political Association

Founded in 1960, their goal was to further incorporate Mexican-Americans into American politics and society through increased voter turnout and election to public office.

[6] MAPA members also aided Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers in political and labor negotiations.

[7] In the late 1970s, MAPA became increasingly involved with California governor Jerry Brown, gaining appointments to his administration.

In 2009 MAPA clashed with other Latino political organizations after Nativo Lopez voiced support for a boycott of the 2010 census.

[10] MAPA is a grass roots-based coalition with an organizational structure that functions as a collective of communal circles working together, at different levels, towards political empowerment, self-determination and sustainability of the Latino community’s future.