Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
DOLORES HUERTAMy children grew up very resourceful and strong in spite of them having to live with different families and that I had to drag them all over the country with me.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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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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I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
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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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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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People would say ‘Who is a leader?’ A leader is a person that does the work. It’s very simple. It’s a personal choice for people who choose to put in their time and their commitment to do the work. It’s a personal choice.
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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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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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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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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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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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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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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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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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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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