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It’s important to realize that we all need to work together. With Weaving Movements, we are all interdependent and we all have to work together. If we could just realize that and understand that, we’ll keep our country strong.

Dolores Huerta

We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
DOLORES HUERTA

Drive Human People Race
As organizations, we have to find ways to create more opportunities, especially for our young people. A lot of corporations, they have to make opportunities for young people – create internships, for example, even if it’s only half-time.
DOLORES HUERTA

Creation Opportunity Organization Ourselves People Time Young
I think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think we showed the world that nonviolence can work to make social change.
DOLORES HUERTA

Change Ideas Myself Social Thinking Violence World
Exercise your right to vote.
DOLORES HUERTA

Exercise One Liner Politics Right Vote
We have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote.
DOLORES HUERTA

Basic Education Organization People Start Vote
People would say ‘Who is a leader?’ A leader is a person that does the work. It’s very simple. It’s a personal choice for people who choose to put in their time and their commitment to do the work. It’s a personal choice.
DOLORES HUERTA

Choice Commitment Leadership People Person Personal Time Yourself
Once you see the outcomes and the results, and you see how many people are helped and benefitting, you want to keep on doing it because it’s so simple.
DOLORES HUERTA

Benefit Help People Result Simplicity Yourself
That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
DOLORES HUERTA

Herself History Story World
If we don’t have workers organized into labor unions, we’re in great peril of losing our democracy.
DOLORES HUERTA

Democracy Organization Ourselves Work
People can take power over their communities and over their lives. Some people don’t realize they can do that. They think ‘It’s OK for other people, but I myself can’t do it.’ Hopefully, that will come out of the film.
DOLORES HUERTA

Community Hope Live Myself People Realization
I had been a Girl Scout from the time I was 8 to the time I was 18 years old. I had belonged to my church organization and youth groups. But, you never really found a way that you could make a change.
DOLORES HUERTA

Change Myself Time Youth
We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.
DOLORES HUERTA

Better Earth Live Place World
Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
DOLORES HUERTA

Active Opportunity Ourselves Promote Time
If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
DOLORES HUERTA

Forgiveness Let Go Self Love Yourself
It’s important to realize that we all need to work together. With Weaving Movements, we are all interdependent and we all have to work together. If we could just realize that and understand that, we’ll keep our country strong.
DOLORES HUERTA

Country Important Movement Realization Strong Togetherness Work
As we’ve focused more on our food and where it comes from, people now have greater awareness of what’s being put onto our food, pesticides, labeling issues, and consumer health.
DOLORES HUERTA

Consumer Focus Food Greatness Health Issues Label People

It’s important to realize that we all need to work together. With Weaving Movements, we are all interdependent and we all have to work together. If we could just realize that and understand that, we’ll keep our country strong.

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It’s important to realize that we all need to work together. With Weaving Movements, we are all interdependent and we all have to work together. If we could just realize that and understand that, we’ll keep our country strong.

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