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Mothers of East Los Angeles
Mothers of East Los Angeles (MELA), started in 1986, as a group of Latina mothers under the guidance of Monsignor John Moretta of Resurrection Church with the dedication to fight the proposed construction of a state prison in East Los Angeles by Governor Deukmejian. Rosa Disenor, Juana Guitterez, Lucy Ramos, and Aurora Castillo are some of the founding mothers among the now 400-member group. Two organizations exist today who originate from the same founding members, one organization being the Mothers of East LA and the other being Madres de Este Los Angeles, Santa Isabel. Both groups are primarily focused on environmental justice because "()hey are mothers who have coalesced around something of immediate importance to them, the safety of their families and children." They are known nationally for their victory over the proposed state prison in East L.A. which later lead MELA to take on many issues that have affected their environment and quality of life and has been unceasing in their dedication to protect their community from other projects they perceive as harmful.
==MELA’S political history==
;East Los Angeles State Prison
The California Department of Corrections (CDC) was ordered by the California state legislators to build a prison in the Los Angeles County because of the disproportionate amount of inmates that originated from the SoCal area.〔 〕 Plans regarding the site location had been under debate for 3 years prior to the announcement of a new prison in the region of East Los Angeles in March 1985.〔 Many people were not aware until Assemblywoman Gloria Molina directed attention to the issue. Molina began to rally the support of organizations and coalitions which helped gain time for their movement to grow but was coming to a decisive point by September 1986. Not long before that a parish priest Monsignor John Moretta〔 had become part of the prison opposition and gained certain prominence in the movement. He was responsible for naming the mothers as “Mothers of East L.A.” MELA’s involvement in the opposition for the prison created a greater sense of community, exposed the potential dangers that the prison could present to the existing mixed residential-industrial community, and gained major publicity protesting against the prison construction.〔 When the prison came up for a vote in the summer of 1991, it failed by four votes.
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