University of Wyoming. Multicultural Resource Center records, 1972-2023

The Ethnic Cultural Media Center was established by the University of Wyoming in 1972 as a place for personal and intellectual exploration on academic excellence, student leadership and advocacy, inter-cultural awareness, and diversity. As such, it functioned as a rally point for many ethnically-centered student organizations, such as the Association of Black Student Leaders (ABSL), the Asian American Student Association (AASA), and most prominently, the Movimento Estudiantil Chicano de Atzlan (MEChA). When the name was changed to the Multicultural Resource Center in 1974, other minority groups on campus became involved, such as the Walk and Roll Student Alliance and the Disabled Students of Wyoming. Since its establishment, the center has held awareness events for the UW campus through its various student organization affiliates and provided a supportive community for minority students on campus focused on activism, awareness, and achievement.