We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
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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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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I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
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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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Once you see the outcomes and the results, and you see how many people are helped and benefitting, you want to keep on doing it because it’s so simple.
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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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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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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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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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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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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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Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
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Exercise your right to vote.
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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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We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.
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