If we don’t have workers organized into labor unions, we’re in great peril of losing our democracy.
DOLORES HUERTAThat’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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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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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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Exercise your right to vote.
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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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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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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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In fact, the corporations are driving out the competition and it is not getting better, especially when they are not paying income taxes. Thank goodness for the social media out there, because we sure can’t count on the corporate media to get the word out.
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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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Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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My 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.
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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
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