Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
DOLORES HUERTAIt’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.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
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I think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think we showed the world that nonviolence can work to make social change.
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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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The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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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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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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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 organizations, we have to find ways to create more opportunities, especially for our young people. A lot of corporations, they have to make opportunities for young people – create internships, for example, even if it’s only half-time.
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We as women should shine light on our accomplishments and not feel egotistical when we do. It’s a way to let the world know that we as women can accomplish great things!
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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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We know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.
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