It is the U.S. colonial system that is the enemy of Raza. Through organization and in an upfront, sincere, and disciplined fashion, we must win our gente to struggle for our self-determination. We understand that for change to occur we must take it upon ourselves to create change. Central to effective organizing, the activists must know and be familiar with the community that you work in. We understand that we can talk all day as to what our problems are - but if we don't act on these issues and problems then it means nothing.
Grassroots organizing in any movimiento and in any revolution is the most important.
Without a National Movement all actions are in vain. We therefore urge all participants of this conference to commit themselves to that process of building a national movement. People who do not belong to an organization are urged to commit themselves to a national organization. Organization needs to be the primary objective of our movement at this particular time. Only in a serious way can we approach building a national movement.