That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
DOLORES HUERTAMy mother was a dominant force in our family. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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I am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown.
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Every minute a chance to change the world.
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I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
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We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We’ve got to jump right in there with both feet.
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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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Our society is connecting workers with the products people consume and recognizing workers for their contributions. It is important to do that, and to have organized labor – a middle class – to preserve our democracy.
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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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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.
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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A women’s place in history has never been given the attention that it needs to be given, and that’s why we have a lot of the misogyny in our society today.
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When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that’s what makes a leader.
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The thing about nonviolence is that it spreads. When you get people to participate in nonviolent action – whether it’s a fast, a march, a boycott, or a picket line – people hear you, people see you, people are learning from that action.
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Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it’s much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people.
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Don’t be a marshmallow. Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk. Stop being vegetables. Work for Justice. Viva the boycott!
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Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
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We need to keep ringing the bell, wake people up to get our democracy together. Farm workers are like a symbol, and it is good that people are paying attention.
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The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought ‘Wow this is the way you do it!’
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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.
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Employers able to work together with workers and sharing gains and profits will lead to a much better world, getting away from income inequality.
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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
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We have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote.
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We as women should shine light on our accomplishments and not feel egotistical when we do. It’s a way to let the world know that we as women can accomplish great things!
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Especially as a teenager, I was always being racially profiled by the police. You just see all this injustice, and you want to do something about it, but you don’t know how.
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