We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
DOLORES HUERTAPeople would say ‘Who is a leader?’ A leader is a person that does the work. It’s very simple. It’s a personal choice for people who choose to put in their time and their commitment to do the work. It’s a personal choice.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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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 would say ‘Who is a leader?’ A leader is a person that does the work. It’s very simple. It’s a personal choice for people who choose to put in their time and their commitment to do the work. It’s a personal choice.
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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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Especially as a teenager, I was always being racially profiled by the police. You just see all this injustice, and you want to do something about it, but you don’t know how.
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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 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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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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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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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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That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
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We have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote.
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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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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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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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