I was very fortunate to have known Fred Ross Sr., who was organizing the Community Service Organization (CSO) way back in the late 50’s and early 60’s. I was able to work with him.
DOLORES HUERTAWe can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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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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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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We know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.
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Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought ‘Wow this is the way you do it!’
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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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I’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
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We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
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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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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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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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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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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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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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