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We know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.

Dolores Huerta

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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Change Ideas Myself Social Thinking Violence World
We know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.
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Ourselves Politics Population Vote
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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Change Myself Time Youth
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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Better Earth Live Place World
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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Collection Goodness Group People Power Togetherness Yourself
Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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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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Criticism Jump Ourselves Process Right Separate
Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
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I am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown.
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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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Every minute a chance to change the world.
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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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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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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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History Ourselves Place Society Woman
Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
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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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