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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!’

Dolores Huerta

I’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
DOLORES HUERTA

Attention Fact People Poison
It’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.
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Country Important Movement Realization Strong Togetherness Work
Every minute a chance to change the world.
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Chance Change Inspirational World
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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Care Food Growth Happiness Ourselves People See
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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History Justice Walk Work
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
The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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Active Inspirational Ourselves Politics Race
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.
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Fortunate Myself Organization Work
Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
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Call Door Organization People Vote
Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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Food Hands Honor Value Yourself
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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Choice Give Up Leadership Resource Time
We have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote.
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Basic Education Organization People Start Vote
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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Consumer Focus Food Greatness Health Issues Label People
I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
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Active Community Hope Important Inspirational People
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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Injustice Profile Race Yourself
My 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.
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Children Country Family Growth Myself Strong

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