Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
DOLORES HUERTAExercise your right to vote.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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 we don’t have workers organized into labor unions, we’re in great peril of losing our democracy.
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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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Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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I was very fortunate to have known Fred Ross Sr., who was organizing the Community Service Organization (CSO) way back in the late 50’s and early 60’s. I was able to work with him.
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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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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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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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