Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
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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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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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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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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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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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
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Exercise your right to vote.
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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.
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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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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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When a group of people get together, it’s collective power. You know that you’re doing it for the good.
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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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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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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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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