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.
DOLORES HUERTA
I want to say to mothers out there, you know, take your children to marches. Take them to meetings because this is a way that they can become strong, and they understand what politics is all about because they are actually living it.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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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 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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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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I want to say to mothers out there, you know, take your children to marches. Take them to meetings because this is a way that they can become strong, and they understand what politics is all about because they are actually living it.
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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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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
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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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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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Every minute a chance to change the world.
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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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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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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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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’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
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