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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?

Dolores Huerta

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
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!
DOLORES HUERTA

Accomplishment Greatness Light Shine Woman
My children grew up very resourceful and strong in spite of them having to live with different families and that I had to drag them all over the country with me.
DOLORES HUERTA

Children Country Family Growth Myself Strong
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.
DOLORES HUERTA

Action Herself Learning Participation People Violence
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.
DOLORES HUERTA

Connection Democracy Product Society Work
Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
DOLORES HUERTA

Distribution Hard Work Organization System Wealth
Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
DOLORES HUERTA

Call Door Organization People Vote
When a group of people get together, it’s collective power. You know that you’re doing it for the good.
DOLORES HUERTA

Collection Goodness Group People Power Togetherness Yourself
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
That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
DOLORES HUERTA

Herself History Story World
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
Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
DOLORES HUERTA

History Side Walk
We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We’ve got to jump right in there with both feet.
DOLORES HUERTA

Criticism Jump Ourselves Process Right Separate
Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought ‘Wow this is the way you do it!’
DOLORES HUERTA

Learning Myself Name Organizing Way
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!
DOLORES HUERTA

History Justice Walk Work
I call myself an addicted organizer.
DOLORES HUERTA

Addiction Myself Organization

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