Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought ‘Wow this is the way you do it!’
DOLORES HUERTAAs 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.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
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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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People can take power over their communities and over their lives. Some people don’t realize they can do that. They think ‘It’s OK for other people, but I myself can’t do it.’ Hopefully, that will come out of the film.
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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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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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Exercise your right to vote.
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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.
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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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The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it’s much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people.
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Every minute a chance to change the world.
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