ELAS believes that as Latine students, we have a shared responsibility to commit ourselves to promoting and encouraging the self-determination, self-empowerment, and liberation of our communities and all marginalized communities that share our struggle. Through our active political involvement and education, as well as through our collective mobilization, we fight now in order to guide and empower future generations. 

We believe that political involvement and education are the avenues for change in our society. This is why ELAS continues to work both within the university and within the community by providing support with 4 organization projects and 3 annual events, all run and organized by ELAS Executive Board Members.

We recognize that ELAS has, in the past, fostered an organization that has made Black, Indigenous, and Central American people feel unwelcome in spaces created by us. We wish to change this through continued action and accountability from our ELAS members, and within the spaces we create.