Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
DOLORES HUERTAExercise your right to vote.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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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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We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We’ve got to jump right in there with both feet.
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Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that’s what makes a leader.
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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 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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Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
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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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A women’s place in history has never been given the attention that it needs to be given, and that’s why we have a lot of the misogyny in our society today.
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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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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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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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