<P> The organization 's name was then changed to Young Chicanos For Community Action or `` YCCA '' . In 1967 , the YCCA founded the Piranya Coffee House . In September 1967 , Sal Castro , a Korean War veteran and teacher at Lincoln High School , met with the YCCA at the Piranya Coffee House . The group decided to wear brown berets as a symbol of unity and resistance against discrimination . As a result , the organization gained the name `` Brown Berets '' . Their agenda was to fight police harassment , inadequate public schools , inadequate health care , inadequate job opportunities , minority education issues , the lack of political representation , and the Vietnam War . It set up branches in Texas , New Mexico , Colorado , New York , Florida , Chicago , St. Louis and other metropolitan areas with large `` raza '' populations . </P>
<P> The organization 's name was then changed to Young Chicanos For Community Action or `` YCCA '' . In 1967 , the YCCA founded the Piranya Coffee House . In September 1967 , Sal Castro , a Korean War veteran and teacher at Lincoln High School , met with the YCCA at the Piranya Coffee House . The group decided to wear brown berets as a symbol of unity and resistance against discrimination . As a result , the organization gained the name `` Brown Berets '' . Their agenda was to fight police harassment , inadequate public schools , inadequate health care , inadequate job opportunities , minority education issues , the lack of political representation , and the Vietnam War . It set up branches in Texas , New Mexico , Colorado , New York , Florida , Chicago , St. Louis and other metropolitan areas with large `` raza '' populations . </P>
who did the brown berets model themselves afterwards
who did the brown berets model themselves afterwards
unity and resistance against discrimination
unity and resistance against discrimination