Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
DOLORES HUERTAI 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.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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We know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.
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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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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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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
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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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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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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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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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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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Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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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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