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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More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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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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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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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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I think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think we showed the world that nonviolence can work to make social change.
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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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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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The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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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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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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Exercise your right to vote.
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