Chicano or Chicana political organizer in a western state like California or New Mexico in the late 1960s
Watch the film version of Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales’s poem “I Am Joaquín” (1969):

If you want to read the text of the poem, you can find it here:
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/latinos/joaquin.htm

And FYI, here’s the Wikipedia entry on the author:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Gonzales

After you listen/read the poem, pretend you are one of Gonzales’s activist allies. In other words, you are a Chicano or Chicana political organizer in a western state like California or New Mexico in the late 1960s. Compose a list of demands that express your frustrations and desires as a Mexican-American citizen of the United States.