The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
DOLORES HUERTAWe 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!
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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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.
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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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If we can just convince other people to get involved, this could make some major changes in our society. It’s very exhilarating.
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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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We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We’ve got to jump right in there with both feet.
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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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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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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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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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I quit because I can’t stand seeing kids come to class hungry and needing shoes. I thought I could do more by organizing farm workers than by trying to teach their hungry children.
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I’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
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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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Exercise your right to vote.
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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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