TRENZA
1 Vision, 13 Founding Mothers, 15 Years Long, Over 1000 Strong.
TRENZA LOGO: Face: We will always maintain our heads held high looking beyond the horizon for ways to better our communities and our selves. Braid: A symbol of the interweaving of the three pillars that TRENZA is founded upon: sisterhood, community service, and pride in our Chicana/Latina heritage. Diploma: The reward for our time and effort dedicated to academic experience and proclamation of our future success. Book: The emphasis on education and the priority we maintain. Female symbol: The uniqueness of our gender. The four directions with outer circle, North, South, East, West-Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water. Always keeping in mind those who came before us, and those yet to come, we are part of the circle of life. | TRENZA, established in 1994, is a Chicana/Latina organization at the University of California at Berkeley. TRENZA was founded to fulfill a vital need for academic and social support within the Latina community at Cal. The founding mothers chose the name TRENZA as it best symbolized the interweaving of the three pillars that TRENZA is founded upon: sisterhood, community service, and pride in our Chicana/Latina heritage. Positive attitudes and warm smiles characterize the exemplary organization that is TRENZA. Weekly meetings, community service events, retreats, socials and parties have allowed TRENZUDAS to share in numerous precious memories throughout the past fifteen years! Interested in joining TRENZA?
TRENZA welcomes individuals of every gender and ethnicity to join our organization; our open door policy also invites any interested individual to learn about TRENZA by attending a meeting at any time during the academic year. Our weekly meetings are Thursdays at 5 p.m., in 185 Barrows. If you would like to receive weekly e-mails about our meetings and events, please contact Monica J. Beas: mjbeas@berkeley.edu |
